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The spice saffron is made from the dried stigmas of which flower? | Saffron - History and Domestication of Crocus sativus By K. Kris Hirst Updated July 11, 2016. Saffron is technically a spice, made from the dried stigmas of the crocus flower (Crocus sativus). Saffron crocus is a corm , and a member of the family Iridaceae. Likely first domesticated from the wild version Crocus cartwrightianus in the Late Bronze Age Aegean ( Minoan period, ca 1900-1600 BC) (although there is some debate), saffron had and has a variety of uses. Saffron is a powerful pigment, able to dye liquid, skin, hair and cloth a rich yellow color (even red saffron is yellow in solution) up to 150,000 times its own weight: the chemical producing the vivid yellow is called crocetin. Saffron is added for its flavor and aroma to many traditional Mediterranean and Asian dishes . It is also a medicine, and has been used as a pain-reliever in many societies around the world. The active chemical for pain-killing in saffron is isophorone, which is currently undergoing tests for treatment in a wide range of diseases. In all these uses, a little bit goes a long way, and a good thing, too: current retail prices are approximately US$10 (~8 Euros) per gram (or US$10,000 per kilogram, or two pounds). continue reading below our video 4 Tips for Improving Test Performance Making Saffron Saffron has always been ludicrously expensive, even during its use in the Minoan culture, where the same weights used to measure gold were used for saffron. The reason for the expense is the labor-intensive nature of the production process. Saffron only blooms for one month in the autumn, and some flowers may only be open for two weeks. During the brief blooming, the stigmas of C. sativus are painstakingly separated from the petals and stamens and then dried, a procedure best carried out on the day of the collection. Each crocus has three stigmas, and it takes about 160,000 flowers to produce five kg (11 lbs) of wet stigmas, which converts to 1 kg (2 lbs) of dried spice. Yields per hectare in modern Greece range between 4 and 8 kilograms (9-18 pounds) , although in other areas the yields are much higher--New Zealand crocus farms produce up to 24 kg (53 lbs) per ha. Harvesting saffron can only be done by hand: labor estimates on modern saffron cultivation and harvest in New Zealand is 400 person-hours per kg; in Iran estimates run to 270 person-days (2160 person-hours). Archaeological Evidence of Saffron Domestication Most scholars point to Greece as the origin of saffron, although a recent DNA study (Alavi-Kia et al. 2008) suggests that the plant may have originated in Mesopotamia. There are some 80 species of crocus distributed throughout southwestern Europe; Alavi-Kia et al. suggest possible wild progenitors for saffron as the Iranian forms C. almehensis or C. mickelsonii. In the 19th century, domesticated saffron (C. sativus) was reported growing near the Minoan towns of Khania and Rethymnon. Evidence for domestication is the average number of flowers on a plant (the wild form has between one and five flowers; C. sativus between three and five), and the relative length of the stamens: both species will produce saffron, but stamens in the domestic version are long enough to flop out of the flower. Because that kind of evidence is difficult to document archaeologically, there is some debate about when the Minoans stopped gathering wild crocus and began transplanting the corm to more convenient places, and selected for the long stamens. At some point, probably during the Neo-Palatial period of 1900-1600 BC, that tipping point was crossed. Isophorone has been identified on sherds from the Early to Neo-Palatial (ca 2300-1900 BC) period site of Chrysokamino. Crocus flower representations on pottery, stone, faience , seals, jewelry and frescoes are found in the Early to Middle Minoan period. Saffron flowers are illustrated on Linear B tablets in the Late Bronze Age Aegean at Knossos , where 59 whole or partial tablets illustrating the palace recipe for saffron has been identified. One of the tablets describes a recipe for more than 4 kilograms, requiring |
Which was the last of the seven 'Road' films starring Bob Hope and Bing Crosby? | "There for each other" - Clooney, Crosby & Hope By Matt Connor* July 2003 They made hit films, popular recordings, appeared on radio and TV and made personal appearances together across the nation and the world over the course of a quarter century. But the relationship between Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Rosemary Clooney was more than just a series of successful show business collaborations. These three legends had a tremendous warmth of feeling for each other, and above all they simply had a ball anytime the three of them - or any combination of two - were in the same room together. "They wouldn't see each other as much as they would have liked, but their friendship was understood," Dante DiPaolo, the late Rosemary Clooney's widower said. "Bob and Rosemary had a brother-sister relationship. It was the same with Bing. It was a brother-sister, very close relationship. Aside from being Irish, Bing and Rosemary were both very talented. But the Irish in them came through. They really were the true meaning of 'When Irish Eyes Are Smiling.' When they looked at each other, they just smiled. They were terrific." "They were exceptionally good chums," Hope's longtime publicist Ward Grant said of Bob, his wife Dolores, and Rosemary. "The Hopes went to her wedding to Dante in Kentucky. It was one of Bob's last big public appearances. And of course Dolores did Rainbow & Stars with Rosemary Clooney, and Bob was there in the audience. Rosemary was one of the nicest, dearest people that graced this earth and we have so many fond memories of her with the Hopes and with Dolores." "She was just very true," the late Bing Crosby's widow Kathryn said of Rosemary. "And of course, working with Bing, they had great energy and great delight in each other and in the music. What a miracle that they're voices blended so well and their ranges matched perfectly." EARLY ENCOUNTERS Bing and Bob had already scaled the heights of stardom by the time Rosemary first stepped up to the microphone with her sister Betty in 1945. As one half of the singing Clooney Sisters, Rosemary had no idea that she was just six years away from pop superstardom and just eight years away from co-starring, separately, with the men she used to gaze at on-screen in the Russell Theater in Maysville Kentucky, her childhood home. In later interviews she'd tell reporters how much, as a child, she'd enjoyed Paramount's old "Road" pictures that teamed Hope and Crosby on a series of raucous comic adventures with music. But she greatly underestimated her own potential stardom, or her career longevity. "She used to tell me, 'Do you know what? In a year from now nobody's even going to be talking about me,'" DiPaolo said, recalling his early relationship with Rosemary, whom he had met on the set of her second film, "Here Come the Girls" in 1952. "She didn't have that, I don't know, she didn't think she'd be a lasting star. We were both young. She was only 21 and I was 23. We went together for about a year." Rosemary co-starred in the picture with Hope, Arlene Dahl and Tony Martin, and DiPaolo was one of four featured dancers in the cast. "She did 'Here Come the Girls' with Bob, and I was in that one," DiPaolo recalled. "I was in a number with Bob. It was Bob and four guys in blazers and straw hats. Her first movie was 'The Stars are Singing,' but 'Here Come the Girls' was the first movie we were both in together." Tony Martin remembers those days on the set very well. He was interviewed about his memories of Bob and Rosemary in June of 2003, just weeks before Hope's death at age 100. "That was a wonderful experience. It |
In which month is St George's Day? | St. George's Day in United Kingdom Home Calendar Holidays United Kingdom St. George's Day St. George's Day in United Kingdom St George's Day in England remembers St George, England's patron saint. The anniversary of his death, which is on April 23, is seen as England's national day. According to legend, he was a soldier in the Roman army who killed a dragon and saved a princess. According to legend, St George slayed a dragon. Many Christians observe St George's Day in the UK, although it is not a public holiday. According to legend, St George slayed a dragon. Many Christians observe St George's Day in the UK, although it is not a public holiday. ©iStockphoto.com/bogdb Celebrate St George's Day St George's Day used to be a national holiday in England. It is now an observance that is celebrated with parades, dancing and other activities. Flags with the image of St George's cross are flown on some buildings, especially pubs, and a few people wear a red rose on their lapel. Church services on the Sunday closest to April 23 often include the hymn 'Jerusalem', written by the poet William Blake. The words describe a supposed visit to Glastonbury, England, by Jesus Christ during his youth. Public Life April 23 is not a public holiday. Schools, stores, post offices, businesses and other organizations are open as usual. Public transport services run to their usual timetables. About St George's Day St George was born sometime around the year 280 in what is now Turkey. He was a soldier and rose up through the ranks of the Roman army, eventually becoming a personal guard to the Emperor Diocletian. He was executed for being a Christian on April 23, 303, and is buried in the town of Lod in Israel. St George is most widely known for slaying a dragon. According to legend, the only well in the town of Silene was guarded by a dragon. In order to get water, the inhabitants of the town had to offer a human sacrifice every day to the dragon. The person to be sacrificed was chosen by lots. On the day that St George was visiting, a princess had been selected to be sacrificed. However, he killed the dragon, saved the princess and gave the people of Silene access to water. In gratitude, they converted to Christianity. It is thought that the dragon represents a certain type of pagan belief that included the sacrifice of human beings. St George's Day was once celebrated as widely as Christmas. But the celebrations waned by the end of the 18th century after England had united with Scotland on May 1, 1707. In recent times, there has been a push, involving campaigns and petitions, to make the day a public holiday in England. St George is the patron saint of a number of other places, such as Bulgaria, Ethiopia, Georgia, Greece, Portugal and Russia. He is also remembered in some regional holidays, such as in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada and among the Gorani people who live in a mountainous area in the Balkans and were converted to Islam many centuries ago, but still observe St George's Day. Around the world, a number of days are devoted to St George, including April 23 and dates in November and December of the Gregorian calendar. Symbols The most widely recognized symbol of St George's Day is St George's cross. This is a red cross on a white background, which is often displayed as a flag. It is used as England's national flag, forming part of the Union Flag, the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Saint George's cross was originally the flag of the maritime Republic of Genoa. Around 1190, the King of England started paying the Doge of Genoa to protect ships originally from the city of London and the rest of England that sailed in the Mediterranean. During the crusades in the 1100s and 1200s, English knights used St George's cross as part of their uniform. It has been the official flag of England for centuries, but the Union Flag, a combination of St George's cross, St Andrew's cross and St Patrick's cross, is the national flag of the United Kingdom. Now Saint George's cross is used as |
Which anniversary is celebrated upon 25 years of marriage? | 25th (Silver) Wedding Anniversary Customs Ways to Celebrate Your 25th Anniversary: continue reading below our video How to Plan Your 25th Wedding Anniversary Use sparkly silver glitter on flowers, cards, centerpieces, gift wrap, balloons, etc. Set the table with a paper silver tablecloth, rent china and crystal with a silver or chrome trim, use silver looking votive candles, place flowers in silver colored vases. Renew your marriage vows. Toast one another with Champagne. Plan a picnic with paper silver-colored plates and cups. Gift Suggestions to Purchase for Your 25th Anniversary: Purchase tickets for a movie, sports event, concert, theatre, etc. and wrap with a silver ribbon or place in a silver box. Gift Suggestions to Make for Your 25th Anniversary: Put together a CD with songs from the era of the marriage date. Assemble a memory photo album with pictures highlighting 25 years together. Include the wedding, children, grandchildren, friends, trips taken together, homes lived in, etc. A nice addition is to include stories from children and friends. Create a poem, write it in silver ink, and display it in a silver colored frame. Put together a family quilt comprised of each square done by a family member or close friends. Make a wish tree. You can use a big branch that you paint silver and decorate with silver ribbons, ornaments etc. Fill the branches with pictures of major events in your life, people who love and cherish you as well as tickets for a trip, travelers checks, gift certificates for different events and restaurants you could use on a trip, etc. Time Capsule Ideas for Your 25th Anniversary: |
In which war was the Battle of the Somme? | Battle of the Somme - World War I - HISTORY.com Battle of the Somme A+E Networks Introduction The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, was one of the largest battles of the First World War. Fought between July 1 and November 1, 1916 near the Somme River in France, it was also one of the bloodiest military battles in history. On the first day alone, the British suffered more than 57,000 casualties, and by the end of the campaign the Allies and Central Powers would lose more than 1.5 million men. Google The Somme campaign in 1916 was the first great offensive of World War I for the British, and it produced a more critical British attitude toward the war. During and after the Somme, the British army started a real improvement in tactics. Also, the French attacked at the Somme and achieved greater advances on July 1 than the British did, with far fewer casualties. Did You Know? On August 31, 1916, Harry Butters, a youngU.S. citizenserving with British forces, was killed, becoming the first American casualty of World War I. But it is the losses that are most remembered. The first day of the Somme offensive, July 1, 1916, resulted in 57,470 British casualties, greater than the total combined British casualties in the Crimean, Boer, and Korean wars. In contrast, the French, with fewer divisions, suffered only around 2,000 casualties. By the time the offensive ended in November, the British had suffered around 420,000 casualties, and the French about 200,000. German casualty numbers are controversial, but may be about 465,000. How did this happen? In early 1916, the French proposed a joint Franco-British offensive astride the river Somme. Because of Verdun, the British army assumed the major role of the Somme offensive. Hence, on July 1, 1916, the British army attacked north of the Somme with fourteen infantry divisions, while the French attacked astride and south of the Somme with five divisions. In defense, the German army deployed seven divisions. The British attack was planned by Douglas Haig and Henry Rawlinson, GOC Fourth Army. The two differed about the depth of the offensive and the length of the bombardment, so the adopted plan was an awkward mixture. The artillery was the key to the offensive, but it did not have the ability to cut all the wire, destroy deep German trenches, knock out all enemy guns, or provide a useful barrage for the infantry attack. And at zero hour on July 1, the artillery shifted away from the German front trenches too quickly and left the infantry exposed. But the French, with Verdun experience, had much more heavy artillery and attacked in rushes, capturing more ground and suffering less. After July 1, a long stalemate settled in, with the German army digging defenses faster than Allied attacks could take place. Despite small advances, the Somme became a bloody battle of attrition, and Haig has been criticized for prolonging the campaign into winter, especially for the last six weeks. The Somme was an expensive lesson in how not to mount effective attacks, but the German army was also weakened and in February retreated to new, and shorter, defensive lines. The Reader’s Companion to Military History. Edited by Robert Cowley and Geoffrey Parker. Copyright © 1996 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Tags |
In which European city would you have found Checkpoint Charlie? | Mauermuseum - Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin - TripAdvisor Want the lowest hotel prices? You're in the right place. We check 200+ sites for you. Mauermuseum - Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin Mauermuseum - Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie Write a Review Mauermuseum - Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie Mauermuseum - Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie Location More Does this attraction require above average amounts of physical activity (long walks, climbs, stairs or hikes)? Yes Is this location a solemn or serious place like a memorial, cemetary, etc.? Yes Is this an outdoor attraction or activity? Yes Is this attraction a "must-see" location? Yes Would this be a good sunny day activity? Yes Is this attraction popular with tourists? Yes Does this attraction provide visitors with a taste of the local culture? Yes Is this attraction pet friendly? Yes Is this attraction suitable for all ages? Yes Would this be a good cold day activity? Yes Map updates are paused. Zoom in to see updated info. Reset zoom Address: 43-45 Friedrichstrasse, 10969 Berlin, Germany Phone Number: Sun - Sat 9:00 am - 10:00 pm Recommended length of visit: 2-3 hours Book In Advance Berlin 1- or 2-Day Hop-On Hop-Off City Circle Tour: Berlin's Landmarks and... More Info Story Line of Berlin Walking Tour Including Typical Berlin Chocolate More Info Small Group Introductory Tour of Berlin Capital of Culture Tyranny and Tolerance See More Tours & Experiences Terrible “Good for a visit” This is part of the history of the Cold War so you must visit. The outside exhibition is free and interesting. Reviewed 5 days ago 8,125 Reviews from our TripAdvisor Community Which Berlin hotels are on sale? mm/dd/yyyy mm/dd/yyyy See all travel guides Read reviews that mention: All reviews black box american sector berlin wall piece of history east berlin passport information freedom stories reminder symbol Review tags are currently only available for English language reviews. Start your review of Mauermuseum - Museum Haus am Checkpoint Charlie Click to rate “Ridiculous” Reviewed 4 days ago NEW In Berlin they have done a great job to keep alive the memory of the wall in a sober but still very effective manner. The exception is checkpoint Charlie. I found it ridiculous: if you pay some money, you can take a picture with two fake soldiers (often smoking or checking mobiles) carrying American flags. All around you can find... More Helpful? “Good for a visit” Reviewed 5 days ago NEW This is part of the history of the Cold War so you must visit. The outside exhibition is free and interesting. Helpful? “Much of interest but could be arranged better” Reviewed 6 days ago NEW While showing many methods used by East Germans to escape to the West, the museum also documents the Cold war from 1945 -1990. There is a lot to read but there are also a number of very informative videos in English. I found this aspect of the museum more interesting than the escape methods which seemed to be placed randomly... More Helpful? “A must when in Berlin” Reviewed 6 days ago NEW Checkpoint Charlie is a must if you visit Berlin. It can be a little busy at times, but it's two blocks away from the actual wall. It's a good sliver of international history in one spot. *Also, bring your passport. There is a souvenir counter that will stamp retro stamps in your passport. Don't do the one on the actual... More Helpful? “Important landmark, museum is small” Reviewed 1 week ago Fantastic to pose for a photo with the officer at Checkpoint Charlie, but for museum lovers there are better options in Berlin. Helpful? “Lots of history, little to see” Reviewed 1 week ago Checkpoint Charlie is located in Mitte area where East-West Berlin in the past meet. It has lots of history because it's a symbol of the separation between West-East Europe specially Germany and Berlin after World War II. The name given to Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War (1947–1991). Nothing much to see... More Helpful? “Highly overrated!” Reviewed 1 week ago This 'museum' is very |
What was Elvis Presley's first film? | Love Me Tender (1956) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error At the end of the Civil War, a Confederate team is ordered to rob a Union payroll train but the war ends leaving these men with their Union loot, until the Feds come looking for it. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 45 titles created 14 Jan 2011 a list of 30 titles created 20 Jul 2012 a list of 38 titles created 22 Jun 2014 a list of 35 titles created 22 Jan 2015 a list of 30 titles created 8 months ago Title: Love Me Tender (1956) 6.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. After serving time for manslaughter, young Vince Everett becomes a teenage rock star. Director: Richard Thorpe Deke Rivers is a delivery man who is discovered by publicist Glenda Markle and country-western musician Tex Warner who want to promote the talented newcomer to fame and fortune, giving him ... See full summary » Director: Hal Kanter Tulsa is a specialist in the US Army stationed in Germany. He loves to sing and has dreams to run his own nightclub when he leaves the army....but dreams don't come cheap. Tulsa places a ... See full summary » Director: Norman Taurog Having flunked graduation for a second time and needing cash to support his crabby (and thus unemployed) father, Danny Fisher takes a job as a singer in the King Creole nightclub - about ... See full summary » Director: Michael Curtiz Chad Gates has just gotten out of the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-board, his beach buddies, and his girlfriend. His father wants him to go to work at the Great ... See full summary » Director: Norman Taurog A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pursue a literary career. Director: Philip Dunne Charlie Rogers is a leather-jacketed biker who's fired from a singing engagement after getting into a fight with a group of college toughs. While riding his cycle to the next gig, an irate ... See full summary » Director: John Rich 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.6/10 X When he finds out his boss is retiring to Arizona, a sailor has to find a way to buy the Westwind, a boat that he and his father built. He is also caught between two women: insensitive club singer Robin and sweet Laurel. Director: Norman Taurog West Texas in the years after the Civil War is an uneasy meeting ground of two cultures, one white. The other native American. Elvis portrays Pacer Burton. The son of a white rancher (John ... See full summary » Director: Don Siegel When he completes his military service Walter Gulick returns to his birthplace, Cream Valley, New York. He was orphaned as an infant and grew up elsewhere but always wanted to return to ... See full summary » Director: Phil Karlson 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5.8/10 X Mike works on a boat in Acapulco. When the bratty daughter of the boat owner gets him fired, Mike must find new work. Little boy Rauol helps him get a job as a lifeguard and singer at a ... See full summary » Director: Richard Thorpe Race car driver Lucky Jackson goes to Las Vegas to earn money to pay for a new engine for his motor car. Working as a waiter, he still finds the time to court young Rusty Martin. Director: George Sidney Edit Storyline Elvis plays Clint Reno, one of the Reno brothers who stayed home while his brother went to fight in the Civil War for the Confederate army. When his brother Vance comes back from the war, he finds that his old girlfriend Cathy has married Clint. The family has to struggle to reach stability with this issue. Vance is involved in a train robbery, while a Confederate soldier, of Federal Government money. There is a conflict of interest, when Vance tries to return the money, against the wishes of some of his fellow Confederates. Written by Pat McCurry <[email protected]> HEAR |
What sort of fish is a kipper? | Kippers, the breakfast dish that fell out of favour, are back on British menus | Life and style | The Guardian Kippers, the breakfast dish that fell out of favour, are back on British menus Smoked herring make a comeback on the fresh fish counter as a low price, healthy option Rows of kippers in a smoking oven. Photograph: Doug Houghton/Alamy Rebecca Smithers , consumer affairs correspondent Friday 6 April 2012 19.03 EDT Close This article is 4 years old They have been out of favour for decades, shunned by consumers as the breakfast of the war generation and difficult to eat – if easy to smell. Now kippers are enjoying a revival, retailers report, as a new generation of fish lovers discovers the low price and health benefits of the smoked herring. While smoked fish enjoys a traditional surge in popularity over Easter, Sainsbury's — which offers fresh kippers nearly all year round — said sales of kippers from its fresh fish counter were up 79% over the past year, with its Taste the Difference pre-packaged kippers up by 20%. Rival Tesco says sales of fresh kippers are up 28% year-on-year – the equivalent of 150,000 extra kippers a year. An oily fish high in Omega 3, kippers are quick and easy to cook, whether frozen, "in the bag" or chilled. As a sustainable fish they are on the Marine Conservation Society's list of fish to eat. Kippers were the quintessential British breakfast food — also enjoyed for high tea and supper — of the Victorian and Edwardian eras. They sold well until the 1970s when they fell out of favour with the advent of fast food which had greater appeal for younger diners. Gary Hooper, Tesco fish specialist and president of the National Federation of Fishmongers, said: "Kippers, along with other traditionally popular oily fish such as mackerel and sardines suffered from a culinary prejudice by younger people who considered them old-fashioned and the kind of food eaten by their grandparents. "Demand dwindled for nearly four decades but a combination of factors such as their competitive price, a move towards healthier eating and also a foodie revival for old heritage favourites has put them firmly back on dinner plates." He said they have been endorsed by chefs and food writers including Nigella Lawson, Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsey, Marco Pierre White and Delia Smith. The price is also attractive – kippers cost only £5 a kilo, compared with £12 for smoked haddock and £16 for salmon side. Waitrose said sales of kippers were 12% up on last year but the big seller this week had been smoked haddock fillets, with a 92% increase. Melissa Spiro, the chain's fish buyer, said: "We're seeing strong demand for traditional feel-good food this Easter weekend." She attributed the near doubling of smoked haddock sales to the renewed popularity of a classic kedgeree. At Marks & Spencer, kipper sales have levelled off after a surge in 2010, but fish buyer Chloe Gray said: "Sales of smoked fish are on the rise at the moment as shoppers are really enjoying the complex flavours that the smoking process creates. We always see a strong trend towards smoked fish, particularly salmon, at Christmas of course, but are expecting a peak this Easter too, as shoppers look to buy more fish than perhaps they would on a normal weekend." David Parker, fisheries officer of the Marine Conservation Society, said consumers could enjoy the health benefits and taste of kippers without feeling guilty: "Herring are a very resilient fish which swim in large shoals with no bycatch, and come mainly from the North Sea and the Norwegian seas. They are also very tasty and cheap and a revival is most welcome." Plump and pungent A kipper is a whole herring that has been sliced in half from head to tail, gutted, salted or pickled, then smoked – a process is known as "kippering". Fish have been smoked and salted for centuries, but kippering was popularized in 1843 by John Woodger, a Northumberland fish processor. Oily, plump and pungent, the kipper was popular on Victorian and Edwardian breakfast tables. It has been a permanent fixture on the Savoy's breakfas |
Where in Europe are the Cantabrian Mountains? | Cantabrian Mountains | mountains, Spain | Britannica.com Cantabrian Mountains list of Spanish monarchs Cantabrian Mountains, Spanish Cordillera Cantábrica, mountain chain generally extending along the northern coast of Spain for approximately 180 miles (300 km). Scenic and well forested (with beeches and maritime pines), the mountains are of geologically similar origin to the Pyrenees , though classified as a separate formation. They comprise a series of high ridges rising inland from Torrelavega, in Cantabria and Palencia provinces, and crossing (east-west) Asturias and northern León toward Galicia . Fractures have sharply demarcated the range from the Castilian plateau (part of the Meseta Central) in the south and the Cantabrian coastlands in the north, but the eastern and western limits are indistinct. The eastern foothills south of Cantabria rise abruptly into the gigantic limestone mountains of the Europa Peaks , which include Torrecerredo (8,688 feet [2,648 metres]) and the Labra Peak (6,620 feet [2,018 metres]). The main ridge continues westward, usually less than 60 miles (100 km) wide but with elevations of 5,000 to 7,000 feet (1,500 to 2,000 metres). Most of the higher peaks—including Vieja, Prieta, Llambrión, Naranjo de Bulnes, and Espigüete—exceed 8,000 feet (2,500 metres) and are along the main ridge. West of the Narcea River valley, the ranges change their east-west trend and the Sierra de Rañadoiro runs almost north-south. The main ridge divides into the Sierra de Ancares and the Sierra del Caurel, to the northwest, and the Sierra de Gistreo and the León Mountains, to enclose the basin of El Bierzo, which is drained by the upper Sil River. Sotres village in the Europa Peaks, Cantabrian Mountains, northern Spain. Mick Stephenson These chains are a more impressive barrier than the Pyrenees. The Oviedo-León railway crosses the Pajares Pass at 4,524 feet (1,379 metres) and is one of the most difficult railway passes in Europe . Heavy river currents run northward from the mountains, forging deep valleys, while to the south the mountain’s longer rivers are used for irrigation. The region is economically important because of its iron and coal deposits and as a source of hydroelectric power for the coastal region. Cattle raising is still the dominant economic activity, however. Tourism in the area has increased in importance. |
What type of animal is an ocelot? | Ocelots, Ocelot Pictures, Ocelot Facts - National Geographic Size relative to a 6-ft (2-m) man Please add a "relative" entry to your dictionary. Twice the size of the average house cat, the ocelot is a sleek animal with a gorgeous dappled coat. These largely nocturnal cats use keen sight and hearing to hunt rabbits, rodents, iguanas, fish, and frogs. They also take to the trees and stalk monkeys or birds. Unlike many cats, they do not avoid water and can swim well. Like other cats, ocelots are adapted for eating meat. They have pointed fangs used to deliver a killing bite, and sharp back teeth that can tear food like scissors. Ocelots do not have teeth appropriate for chewing, so they tear their food to pieces and swallow it whole. Their raspy tongues can clean a bone of every last tasty morsel. Many ocelots live under the leafy canopies of South American rain forests, but they also inhabit brushlands and can be found as far north as Texas. These cats can adapt to human habitats and are sometimes found in the vicinity of villages or other settlements. Ocelots' fine fur has made them the target of countless hunters, and in many areas they are quite rare, including Texas, where they are endangered. Ocelots are protected in the United States and most other countries where they live. Female ocelots have litters of two or three darkly colored kittens. In northern locations females den in the autumn, while in tropical climes the breeding season may not be fixed. |
Who invented the Microwave Oven in 1945 in USA? | Microwave Oven Microwave Oven Greetings, The Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communication and Computation is seeking : artifacts, books, papers, personal recollections, funny stories, newspaper clipping, magazines, catalogs, articles torn out of magazines, cartoons, prototype magnetrons, really early microwave ovens etc ANYTHING Is Fair Game! The purpose is two-fold which consists of construction the display in the museum in Glendale Arizona and also as an addition to our web site. thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC Please check our web site at to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we buy, and by all means when in Arizona drop in and see us. address: thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC The microwave oven was invented as an accidental by-product of war-time (World War 2) radar research using magnetrons (vacuum tubes that produce microwave radiation, a type of electromagnetic radiation that has a wavelength between 1 mm and 30 cm). In 1946, the engineer Dr. Percy LeBaron Spencer, who worked for the Raytheon Corporation, was working on magnetrons. One day at work, he had a candy bar in his pocket, and found that it had melted. He realized that the microwaves he was working with had caused it to melt. After experimenting, he realized that microwaves would cook foods quickly - even faster than conventional ovens that cook with heat. The Raytheon Corporation produced the first commercial microwave oven in 1954; it was called the 1161 Radarange. It was large, expensive, and had a power of 1600 watts. The first domestic microwave oven was produced in 1967 by Amana (a division of Raytheon). In 1967, Amana, a division of Raytheon, introduced its domestic Radarange microwave oven, marking the beginning of the use of microwave ovens in home kitchens. Although sales were slow during the first few years, partially due to the oven�s relatively expensive price tag, the concept of quick microwave cooking had arrived. In succeeding years, Litton and a number of other companies joined the countertop microwave oven market. By the end of 1971, the price of countertop units began to decrease and their capabilities were expanded. Spencer, born in Howland, Maine, was orphaned at a young age. Although he never graduated from grammar school, he became Senior Vice President and a member of the Board of Directors at Raytheon, receiving 150 patents during his career. Because of his accomplishments, Spencer was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal by the U.S. Navy and has a building named after him at Raytheon. Percy Spencer, while working for the Raytheon Company, discovered a more efficient way to manufacture magnetrons. In 1941, magnetrons were being produced at a rate of 17 per day. Spencer set out to create a simpler magnetron that could be mass produced. The result was a magnetron that replaced precision copper bars with lamina and replaced soldered internal wires with a simple solid ring. These improvements and others allowed for the faster production of 2,600 magnetrons per day. In 1945, Spencer created a device to cook food using microwave radiation. Raytheon saw the possibilities of this, and after acquiring Amana Refrigeration in 1965, was able to sell microwave ovens on a large scale. The first microwave oven was called the Radarange, and today, there are over 200 million in use throughout the world. A Brief History of the Microwave Oven By J. Carlton Gallawa , author of THE COMPLETE MICROWAVE OVEN SERVICE HANDBOOK Like many of today's great inventions, the microwave oven was a by-product of another technology. It was during a radar-related research project around 1946 that Dr. Percy Spencer, a self-taught engineer with the Raytheon Corporation, noticed something very unusual. He was testing a new vacuum tube |
Who was the second Pope after St. Peter? | The First 10 Popes of the Catholic Church Contact The First 10 Popes of the Catholic Church Listers, we’ve catalogued the first ten Vicars of Christ for the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. Save the information on our first pope – St. Peter – all the information presented is taken from the Catholic Encyclopedia and links for further reading are provided. Painting of Saint Peter by Peter Paul Rubens depicting the saint as Pope (1611-1612) – Wikipedia 1. Pope St. Peter (32-67) St. Peter held a primacy amongst the twelve disciples that earned him the title “Prince of the Apostles.” This primacy of St. Peter was solidified when he was appointed by Jesus to the Office of the Vicar – demonstrated by Christ giving St. Peter the Keys to the Kingdom. To understand St. Peter, one must first understand Christ and the Church Christ came to establish. Jesus is the “Son of David” and his life and ministry fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies of the New Davidic Kingdom and New Jerusalem; hence, we look to the historic kingdom of King David as a guide to the New Davidic Kingdom. King David had a vicar that ruled his kingdom when David was absent and the sign of authority for this vicar was the keys of the kingdom. In the New Davidic Kingdom, Christ the Son of David gave the keys to his Vicar to guide the Kingdom until the return of Christ – we now refer to this vicar as “the pope.” SPL has written extensively on these issue in 10 Biblical Reasons Christ Founded the Papacy and 13 Reasons St. Peter Was the Prince of the Apostles . 2. Pope St. Linus (67-76) All the ancient records of the Roman bishops which have been handed down to us by St. Irenaeus, Julius Africanus, St. Hippolytus, Eusebius, also the Liberian catalogue of 354, place the name of Linus directly after that of the Prince of the Apostles, St. Peter. These records are traced back to a list of the Roman bishops which existed in the time of Pope Eleutherus (about 174-189), when Irenaeus wrote his book “Adversus haereses”. As opposed to this testimony, we cannot accept as more reliable Tertullian’s assertion, which unquestionably places St. Clement (De praescriptione, xxii) after the Apostle Peter, as was also done later by other Latin scholars (Jerome, Illustrious Men 15). The Roman list in Irenaeus has undoubtedly greater claims to historical authority. This author claims that Pope Linus is the Linus mentioned by St. Paul in his 2 Timothy 4:21. The passage by Irenaeus (Against Heresies III.3.3) reads: After the Holy Apostles (Peter and Paul) had founded and set the Church in order (in Rome) they gave over the exercise of the episcopal office to Linus. The same Linus is mentioned by St. Paul in his Epistle to Timothy. His successor was Anacletus. We cannot be positive whether this identification of the pope as being the Linus mentioned in 2 Timothy 4:21 goes back to an ancient and reliable source, or originated later on account of the similarity of the name. [ Read More ] 3. Pope St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88) The second successor of St. Peter. Whether he was the same as Cletus, who is also called Anencletus as well as Anacletus, has been the subject of endless discussion. Irenaeus, Eusebius, Augustine, Optatus, use both names indifferently as of one person. Tertullian omits him altogether. To add to the confusion, the order is different. Thus Irenaeus has Linus, Anacletus, Clement; whereas Augustine and Optatus put Clement before Anacletus. On the other hand, the “Catalogus Liberianus”, the “Carmen contra Marcionem” and the “Liber Pontificalis”, all most respectable for their antiquity, make Cletus and Anacletus distinct from each other; while the “Catalogus Felicianus” even sets the latter down as a Greek, the former as a Roman. [ Read More ] 4. Pope St. Clement I (88-97) Pope Clement I (called CLEMENS ROMANUS to distinguish him from the Alexandrian), is the first of the successors of St. Peter of whom anything definite is known, and he is the first of the “Apostolic Fathers”. His feast is celebrated 23 November. He has left one genuine writing, a letter to th |
What 1945 film won best picture, actor and director at the Oscars ? | 1945 Academy Awards® Winners and History Spellbound (1945) Actor: RAY MILLAND in "The Lost Weekend" , Bing Crosby in "The Bells of St. Mary's", Gene Kelly in "Anchors Aweigh", Gregory Peck in "The Keys of the Kingdom", Cornel Wilde in "A Song to Remember" Actress: JOAN CRAWFORD in "Mildred Pierce" , Ingrid Bergman in "The Bells of St. Mary's", Greer Garson in "The Valley of Decision", Jennifer Jones in "Love Letters", Gene Tierney in "Leave Her to Heaven" Supporting Actor: JAMES DUNN in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn", Michael Chekhov in "Spellbound", John Dall in "The Corn Is Green", Robert Mitchum in "The Story of G.I. Joe", J. Carrol Naish in "A Medal for Benny" Supporting Actress: ANNE REVERE in "National Velvet", Eve Arden in "Mildred Pierce" , Ann Blyth in "Mildred Pierce" , Angela Lansbury in "The Picture of Dorian Gray", Joan Lorring in "The Corn Is Green" Director: BILLY WILDER for "The Lost Weekend" , Clarence Brown for "National Velvet", Alfred Hitchcock for "Spellbound", Leo McCarey for "The Bells of St. Mary's", Jean Renoir for "The Southerner" Now that World War II was over and a more optimistic mood swept across the country, glamour returned to the awards ceremony. But the Best Picture award was presented to producer/director/co-writer Billy Wilder's four-Oscar winning, socially-significant The Lost Weekend , a grim, realistic, downbeat drama based on Charles Jackson's best-selling novel and the first major Hollywood film to deal with the subject of alcoholism in a serious tone. Some consider Wilder's humiliation the previous year with his seven-time nominated film Double Indemnity (1944) (with no wins) was one of the main factors for his tremendous win this year. This time, Wilder's Best Picture film won four of its seven nominations. This was also the first time that the Best Picture Oscar winner also won the prestigious top prize (known as the Grand Prix) at the Cannes Film Festival. [The Best Picture winner in 1945 set a pattern for more adult, socially-responsible Best Picture winners in the 40's. Serious "social issues" films would win the Best Picture award in four of the next five years: e.g., The Lost Weekend (1945) , The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) , Gentleman's Agreement (1947), and All the King's Men (1949) .] The meaningful film, from Charles Jackson's adapted novel, won four major awards - Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay. Director Wilder won Oscars for Best Director and Best Screenplay (shared with Charles Brackett). Brackett and Wilder were producers-directors of the previous year's Double Indemnity (1944) . They would collaborate together in the future with A Foreign Affair (1948) and Sunset Boulevard (1950) . The Best Picture winner defeated the following four Best Picture nominees: the classic film noir melodrama by director Michael Curtiz, Mildred Pierce (with six nominations and one win - Best Actress) MGM's lively musical directed by George Sidney, Anchors Aweigh (with five nominations and one win - Best Musical Picture Score) - notable for an animated mouse named Jerry, from the "Tom and Jerry" cartoon, in a dance sequence with star Gene Kelly director A |
What is studied in the science of somatology ? | What is Somatology? Somatology is defined as the study or science, of the human body (coming from the Greek roots meaning “body” and “study”). This also includes the study of material substances, as in physics, chemistry, biology, botany which are under the general heading of physicalism. This term is used in a number of different ways to describe a variety of activities related to studying the body. In one sense, somatology is the study of the body in the sense of anatomy and physiology, to learn about how the parts of the body work together. People who work in this area of somatology study a variety of topics related to the body and how it functions, such as pathology, studying what happens when the body is injured or diseased, and they may also be interested in topics like biomechanics, studying the movement and articulation of the body. Training in this field can also be applied to the practice of physical therapy and many other health and wellness related professions. Some practitioners of alternative medicine may also refer to what they do as somatology. In this sense, the term is used to refer to the study and treatment of the body as a whole (holistic therapy), with the application of techniques such as massage, herbal medicine, acupuncture, guided imagery, and so forth to patients and clients. Some people in this branch of the field may focus on providing people with sources of relaxation, with some spas and massage studios referencing somatology in their promotional materials. Somatologist: At the International Academy we saw the need in assisting spas to employ the most perfect and highly qualified therapists and managers, thus have decided to open our own Recruitment agency. This agency is located on our premises and allows students to easily submit their CV’s for guaranteed employment in South Africa or abroad! The most popular career to start off with as a young person is by working on board luxury cruise liners! This is fantastic for an adventurous therapist who wants to travel the world and gain endless experience in this field! Qualified Somatologists can also pursue a career in lecturing, recruitment and repping. The tasks of somatologists include the following: Assessment and treatment of skin and figure problems Slimming treatments in conjunction with a diet Cosmetic sales Pedicuring Tinting of eyelashes As well as the application of a variety of electrical equipment and specialised massage techniques such as reflexology, aromatherapy, manual lymph drainage and holistic massage. Somatology Salary: The earning potential of a Somatologist salary varies as the opportunities are endless. Should you consider entrepreneurship in owning your own business, you may be exceptionally successful. If you pursue a career on board ship this will earn you tax-free dollars or pounds and is a fantastic kick-start to start your own business. Management or marketing positions will earn a somatologist a very comfortable salary as well as being a head therapist in high-end spas! Somatology Jobs: At the International Academy we saw the need in assisting spas to employ the most perfect and highly qualified therapists and managers, thus have decided to open our own Recruitment agency. This agency is located on our premises and allows students to easily submit their CV’s for guaranteed employment in South Africa or abroad! The most popular career to start off with as a young person is by working on board luxury cruise liners! This is fantastic for an adventurous therapist who wants to travel the world and gain endless experience in this field! Qualified Somatologists can also pursue a career in lecturing, recruitment and repping. Somatology Courses: At the International Academy we present a Somatology course so thorough that our students are in popular demand all over the world! This exciting course consists of a variety of therapies such as facials, manicures, pedicures and relaxing massages. The Somatology Industry is a fast changing industry and the International Academy makes sure that all our students stay up to date with |
What was Hugh Hefner's jet plane called ? | Photos inside the Big Bunny Playboy jet - Business Insider The Big Bunny had a disco inside its main cabin.Courtesy of Playboy Enterprises In the late '60s, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner purchased a customized plane called "The Big Bunny." A stretch version of a DC-9, it had the capability to go anywhere in the world — and it did, taking Hefner and his celebrity clientele everywhere from Africa to Europe. Estimated to cost about $5 million, it was outfitted with custom lighting and painted black, which was revolutionary for the time. He called his stewardesses "Jet Bunnies." Though the famed plane was only used for six years, it certainly left behind a legacy of its own. With the help of Playboy Enterprises, we've put together a collection of photos that will take you through the famed jet's history, from its wild disco parties to its luxurious amenities. View As: One Page Slides Hefner purchased the plane when he was 43. He had the 119-foot plane custom-made for him after a 1966 trip to London. "I saw the future when I was in London: The sexual revolution was going on and the miniskirt had just arrived ... I decided then and there to get the jet," he said in a piece he wrote for the Wall Street Journal in 2010. AP/George Brich Source: Wall Street Journal He had spotlights installed on the wing tips so that the iconic rabbit could be seen flying through the air at night. He also asked permission from the federal government to paint it black. "I designed the Big Bunny jet to stand out," he wrote in the WSJ. "Nobody had a black plane at the time. It was like The Ugly Duckling." Courtesy of Playboy Enterprises Source: Wall Street Journal Hefner's Jet Bunnies had worked in the Playboy clubs in Chicago and Los Angeles and trained at Continental Airlines' stewardess school. Uniforms that were designed by Walter Holmes — with contributions from Hefner himself — included rabbit ears and tails, black boots, and white aviator scarves. Courtesy of Playboy Enterprises Black mini dresses were made out of a striking leatherette material. "They look as though they had just stepped out of a Bond movie," Hefner wrote in an issue of Playboy from 2010. AP Hefner's home-away-from-home was made for luxury. The 38-passenger plane had a living room and conference area, where in-flight meals included grand dishes like lobster and roast beef. Courtesy of Playboy Enterprises Its main compartment had a fully stocked bar and a discotheque where parties would often take place. For in-flight entertainment, the plane was also equipped with two film projectors and a video machine. Courtesy of Playboy Enterprises Hefner's personal quarters included an elliptical bed that could be accessed through its own gateway. It came complete with silk and Tasmanian opossum fur covers. The Big Bunny also had a powder room and showers for optimal comfort. AP For roughly six years, the Big Bunny took Hefner everywhere from Greece to Tanzania. "I loved the convenience of the jet ... It was literally a floating apartment with a bedroom, a living room, a dining room and a disco area in the back," Hefner said in the WSJ. Courtesy of Playboy Enterprises Hefner would use the plane to get to and from his homes in Los Angeles and Chicago while taping episodes of "Playboy After Dark," with frequent guests that included artist LeRoy Neiman and poet Shel Silverstein. AP/George Brich He would travel with friends like director Roman Polanski before lending the plane to others. Elvis Presley and Sonny and Cher leased it during their concert tours, while "Twilight Zone" creator Rod Serling would sometimes film onboard the plane. In 1975, the Big Bunny transported around 40 Vietnamese orphans from San Francisco to their new homes in Denver and New York. AP/Michel Lipchitz It was also where Hefner and his then-girlfriend, Barbi Benton, would spend time together. The two took trips to destinations like Germany, London, and Monte Carlo while she was filming, and to places like Spain, Kenya, and Italy when vacationing with friends. AP/Bob Dear Pictured here, Hefner leaves in his Mercede |
Famous composer, Handel, originally studied what? | George Frideric Handel - Composer - Biography.com George Frideric Handel George Frideric Handel composed operas, oratorios and instrumentals. His 1741 work, 'Messiah,' is among the most famous oratorios in history. IN THESE GROUPS Composer Synopsis Baroque composer George Frideric Handel was born in Halle, Germany, in 1685. In 1705 he made his debut as an opera composer with Almira. He produced several operas with the Royal Academy of Music in England before forming the New Royal Academy of Music in 1727. When Italian operas fell out of fashion, he started composing oratorios, including his most famous, Messiah. Handel died in London, England, in 1759. Early Life Georg Frideric Handel was born on February 23, 1685, to Georg and Dorothea Handel of Halle, Saxony, Germany. From an early age, Handel longed to study music, but his father objected, doubting that music would be a realistic source of income. In fact, his father would not even permit him to own a musical instrument. His mother, however, was supportive, and she encouraged him to develop his musical talent. With her cooperation, Handel took to practicing on the sly. When Handel was still a young boy, he had the opportunity to play the organ for the duke’s court in Weissenfels. It was there that Handel met composer and organist Frideric Wilhelm Zachow. Zachow was impressed with Handel’s potential and invited Handel to become his pupil. Under Zachow's tutelage, Handel mastered composing for the organ, the oboe and the violin alike by the time he was 10 years old. From the age of 11 to the time he was 16 or 17, Handel composed church cantatas and chamber music that, being written for a small audience, failed to garner much attention and have since been lost to time. Despite his dedication to his music, at his father’s insistence, Handel initially agreed to study law at the University of Halle. Not surprisingly, he did not remain enrolled for long. His passion for music would not be suppressed. In 1703, when Handel was 18 years old, he decided to commit himself completely to music, accepting a violinist’s position at the Hamburg Opera’s Goose Market Theater. During this time, he supplemented his income by teaching private music lessons in his free time, passing on what he had learned from Zachow. Opera Though working as a violinist, it was Handel's skill on the organ and harpsichord that began to earn him attention and landed him more opportunities to perform in operas. Handel also began to compose operas, making his debut in early 1705 with Almira. The opera was instantly successful and achieved a 20-performance run. After composing several more popular operas, in 1706 Handel decided to try his luck in Italy. While in there, Handel composed the operas Rodrigo and Agrippina, which were produced in 1707 and 1709 respectively. He also managed to write more than a few dramatic chamber works during this period. Touring the major Italian cities over three opera seasons, Handel introduced himself to most of Italy’s major musicians. Unexpectedly, while in Venice, he met multiple people who expressed an interest in London’s music scene. Enticed to experiment with a freelance music career there, in 1710 Handel left Venice and set out for London. In London, Handel met with the manager of the King’s Theatre, who commissioned Handel to write an opera. Within just two weeks, Handel composed Rinaldo. Released during the 1710–11 London opera season, Rinaldo was Handel’s breakthrough. His most critically acclaimed work up to that date, it gained him the widespread recognition that he would maintain throughout the rest of his musical career. After the debut of Rinaldo, Handel spent the next few years writing and performing for English royalty, including Queen Anne and King George I . Then, in 1719, Handel was invited to become the Master of the Orchestra at the Royal Academy of Music, the first Italian opera company in London. Handel eagerly accepted. He produced several operas with the Royal Academy of Music that, while well liked, were not especially lucrative for the struggling acad |
What European nation was the first to drink tea ? | Tea's Arrival in Europe Tea's Arrival in Europe By James Norwood Pratt When the Dutch brought the first tea to Europe in 1610, England's Good Queen Bess had been dead seven years, Shakespeare had six years to live, and Rembrandt was four years old. After decades of Portuguese middle-manship, the Dutch East India Company had been formed in 1602, to establish bases in Indonesia and Japan and trade directly with the Orient. And by 1637 the Company's directors, the Lords Seventeen, were writing their governor general in Indonesia: "As tea begins to come into use by some of the people, we expect some jars of Chinese as well as Japanese tea with each ship." They got their jars on a regular basis thereafter, it appears, for within a few years tea had become a fashionable, if expensive, beverage among high society at The Hague. And if it sometimes cost the equivalent of a hundred dollars or more per pound, so what? The people Vermeer pictured for us in rooms rich with colored maps and intricate Oriental carpets were nothing if not affluent. At first they bought their tea from apothecaries, who added it and other such luxury items as sugar and ginger and spices to their line of medicines. By the year of Vermeer's death (1675, six years after Rembrandt's), tea was being sold in grocery stores to rich and poor alike and was in general use throughout Holland. It is about this time we find a certain Dr. Bontekoe advising his Dutch readers to use eight or ten cups of tea daily, hastily adding he sees no reason to object to fifty, one hundred or two hundred cups, as he frequently consumed that much himself! The good Dr. Bontekoe met a premature end from a fall for which tea was no cure; his detractors thought him in the pay of the Dutch Fast India company, which had made him a handsome honorarium for the impetus he'd given their tea sales. Tea became a daily necessity in Dutch life as quickly as people could learn how to enjoy it. In the light of more recent history, it seems strange that tea drinking encountered no official intolerance in Europe-no rabid prohibitionists, no self-perpetuating anti-drug agency. You can, however, trace the spread of tea from Holland by the proliferation of medical Viewers with Alarm. Even before regular imports began, the first of these had warned in a Latin treatise that tea "...Hastens the death of those that drink it, especially if they have passed the age of forty years." This same medical authority, Dr Simon Paulli, also assured his readers that "girl's breasts that are rubbed with the juice of hemlock do not grow thereafter, but remain properly small and do not change the size they are." Prior to Bontekoe's pronouncements, even a Dutch physician, prejudiced by a moldy batch it sounds like, could deride tea as "groats and dishwater, a tasteless and disgusting beverage!" Soon after tea reached Germany we find a German medico gravely blaming tea for the "dried-up" appearance of the Chinese and exclaiming, "Down with tea! Send it back!" The mid-1600s saw tea set off the kind of raging debate the French are famous for, a prominent Parisian doctor becoming the first to denounce it as "the impertinent novelty of the century." A colleague of his was soon complaining that "the Dutch bring tea from China to Paris and sell it at thirty francs a pound, though they have paid but eight or ten sous in that country, and it is old and spoiled into the bargain. People must regard it as a precious medicament..." You can just see how he must have shook his head. Nonetheless, before the century is finished, poems to tea appear in French. In one of her letters, Madame de Sevigne finds it worthy of note that a friend of hers takes her tea with milk-imagine!-and the aged Racine, who died in 1699, begins every day drinking tea with his breakfast. There is a painting in the Louvre by a certain Olivier depicting perhaps the most famous French tea. It is entitled Tea a l'anglaise in the Grand Salon of the Temple with the Court of the Prince de Conti Listening to the Young Mozart, and it is dated nigh a century |
What bird is the symbol of Children's Penguin books ? | The Story Behind Penguin Books' Beloved Bird - Bloomberg Bloomberg the Company & Its Products Bloomberg Anywhere Remote LoginBloomberg Anywhere Login Bloomberg Terminal Demo Request Bloomberg Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. Customer Support Advertising Bloomberg Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world. Customer Support The Story Behind Penguin Books' Beloved Bird by More stories by Belinda Lanks Photograph by Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg Last year’s merger of Penguin and Random House sparked speculation about what the new mega-publisher’s logo would look like. A penguin-shaped house? An igloo? Would the beloved bird be jettisoned altogether? The answer arrived yesterday: Both symbols will remain in Penguin Random House’s arsenal of imprints alongside a new, unassuming wordmark spelling out the company’s name. That’s good news for fans of the penguin, whose image has graced affordable paperbacks for nearly 80 years. If you’ve ever wondered how it got there in the first place, here’s the skinny, courtesy of TM: The Untold Stories Behind 29 Classic Logos (Laurence King), a forthcoming book by Mark Sinclair: Edward Young was 21 when he was dispatched to London Zoo by his employer, the publisher Bodley Head, with orders to make sketches of penguins. In 1935, managing director Allen Lane had hit upon the idea of producing a new range of affordable but good-quality paperback books, apparently inspired by the lack of reading material available while he was waiting on the platform at Exeter station. Lane had decided on the name Penguin Books at the suggestion of his secretary Joan Coles, and when he resigned from his job in order to launch the imprint proper he required a “dignified but flippant” symbol to go with his new venture. He asked Young to go to Regent’s Park and find the penguin pool. Courtesy Penguin Books According to designer and writer Phil Baines, Young returned from the zoo with his drawings and the observation “My God, how those birds stink!” But his perseverance paid off. When Lane finally brought his sixpence Penguins into the world (the company became independent of Bodley Head in 1936), they bore a symbol that would last until 1949, when it was refined and redrawn by Jan Tschichold into something that more closely resembles the logo in use today. The fact that the symbol for Lane’s new publishing concept was a sea-going bird owed much to the contemporary publishing scene on the continent and, in particular, to the German reprint publishing house Albatross, which had been founded by Max Christian Wegner and John Holroyd Reece in Hamburg in 1932. With centered text set above an elegant graphic of an albatross with its wings outstretched, the unfussy covers were designed by Hans Mardersteig, art director of the Mondadori printers in Italy, whose owner had a seat on the Albatross board. Courtesy Penguin Books The format of the Albatross paperback adopted the ‘golden ratio’ and various distinctive colorways to indicate the various genres—both techniques that were later picked up by Lane—with yellow for psychological novels and essays, orange for short stories and humorous works, and red for adventure and crime stories. Writing about the German publishers in the 1953 Penrose Annual, Hans Schmoller, who was then head of design at Penguin, declared that ‘to this day it forms perhaps, from the point of view of design, the pinnacle among paper-covered books.’ But Schmoller had already inherited a body of design work that would set Penguin on its course as one of the world’s most influential publishers in terms of what it produced and how it looked. In 1946, Tschichold arrived at Penguin and during his time there cemented the positioning of the author’s name and title on the cover, cleaned up both spine and bac |
Who was the first woman to run a Sub 5 minute mile ? | First Women's Sub-5:00 Mile was 60 Years Ago Today | Runner's World First Women's Sub-5:00 Mile was 60 Years Ago Today Diane Leather of the U.K. ran 4:59.6 on May 29, 1954. By Austin Schempp Thursday, May 29, 2014, 1:55 pm AFP /Getty Images May 29 marks the 60th anniversary of a great moment in miling. No, it’s not the 60th anniversary of the first sub-4:00 mile. That was May 6. But 23 days after Roger Bannister ’s 3:59.4 mile made headlines around the world, another British runner quietly broke another barrier. On May 29, 1954, Diane Leather ran the first recorded sub-5:00 mile by a woman. Advertisement Privacy Policy | About Us According to Mel Watman’s book All-Time Greats of British Athletics, Leather was a 21-year-old chemist who ran for the Birchfield Harriers track club when she ran a 4:59.6 mile at the Midland County Championships in Birmingham, England. While being the first to break 5:00 was a significant achievement, Leather wasn’t necessarily surprised to have done so, given that she had run 5:00.2 three days before her 4:59. In an article published in the Sunday Mercury in 2004, Leather said breaking the record was “exhilarating” and that she wasn’t mad about the lack of publicity surrounding her mile. Leather, who had started running to get in shape for field hockey, continued competing and got much faster after her initial sub-5:00. In May 1955, she ran 4:50.8, and lowered her world best to 4:45.0 in September 1955. That time lasted for seven years as the mile record before New Zealand’s Marise Chamberlain ran 4:41.4 in December 1962. During the past six decades, much has changed for Leather and women’s running. Leather married Peter Charles in 1959. The following year, she ran in an 800 meters preliminary heat at the 1960 Olympics. At the time, 800 meters was the longest distance for women in the Olympics. Leather retired from competitive running in 1960. The IAAF, the sport's international governing body, didn’t recognize the women’s mile as a world record event until 1967. The first official women’s mile record holder was Anne Rosemary Smith of the United Kingdom, who ran 4:37.0 in June 1967. The current record is 4:12.56, set by Russian Svetlana Masterkova in 1996. One reason the record has lasted so long is that “milers” more often run 1500 meters, which is 109 meters shorter than a mile and the distance contested in the Olympics and world championships. Leather’s record mile time is now a mark that many high school girls run. As of this writing, the fastest U.S. high school girl of the year is Alexa Efraimson, with a time of 4:32.15. The 10th fastest U.S. prep girl in 2014 is Taylor Werner, at 4:48.25. Last year, Mary Cain ran the fastest mile ever by a U.S. high school runner, 4:32.28, at an indoor meet. (Cain ran 4:24.11 at an indoor meet in January 2014, but the time doesn’t count for high school purposes because Cain is now a professional runner.) Leather, 81, lives in England and was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame in October 2013. |
ABC and NBC are TV networks in which country ? | ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CW: See Network TV Rankings as New Season Kicks Off ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, CW: See Network TV Rankings as New Season Kicks Off Super Bowl 50 could be the deciding factor in who wins ratings race Tony Maglio | September 21, 2015 @ 5:01 PM NBC has won the last two seasons’ TV ratings battles in a row, but to score a trifecta, the broadcast network might need a miracle. You see, NBC won two years ago thanks largely to the Sochi Winter Olympics. And last year, Super Bowl rights proved as big — and necessary — a boost from a single broadcast as any network can get. But this season, CBS has the highly coveted Super Bowl 50, and NBC’s Summer Olympics won’t come until, well, summer — which by definition is not part of the fall season. Coupled with an already solid schedule, which is bolstered by the return of “Thursday Night Football” and shift of “Big Bang Theory” to Mondays, Les Moonves and co. can all but pop the champagne for the fall competition. All hope is not lost for NBC — the network still has “Sunday Night Football,” which tends to be the top show on TV, competing more with “The Walking Dead” that anything of its own ilk. Plus, “The Voice” will perform for the peacock, as per usual. But it’s not just CBS that NBC has to contend with — ABC really surged last fall, thanks in large part to “Black-ish” and adding “How to Get Away With Murder” to Shondaland Thursdays. Also Read: NBC Wins Second Straight 52-Week Season in Key Demographic While Fox is probably no real threat to the top of the heap without the Super Bowl, the current fourth-place network does have “Empire” returning early. The Lee Daniels ‘ hip-hop soap opera will also have more episodes this season versus last, which could help goose the overall network average. Plus, Fox’s NFL coverage could boost primetime on certain Sundays, and the network has high hopes for freshman dramedy “Scream Queens.” As for the CW, well, let’s just saying it’s a work in progress — but the youth-skewing channel again won’t challenge the Big 4 in their key 18-49 demographic. Below are the full rankings from last fall in both the demo and among total viewers, where CBS snagged the crown yet again. Expect a clean sweep overall for America’s Most Watched Network this fall. All NBC can do is bank on hanging in the game and dominating the summer, to potentially bring home the full 52-week title once more. Nielsen’s fall season technically kicks off primetime on Monday night. Fall TV Preview: 126 New and Returning Shows Premiere Dates “The Awesomes” (Hulu) Tuesday, Sept. 8 Hulu “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert ” (CBS) Tuesday, Sept. 8 at 11:35 p.m. Getty Images “The League” (FXX) Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 10 p.m. FXX “You’re the Worst” (FXX) Wednesday, Sept. 9 at 10:30 p.m. FXX “Longmire” (Netflix) Thursday, Sept. 10 Netflix “Z Nation” (Syfy) Friday, Sept. 11 at 10 p.m. Syfy “Continuum” (Syfy) Friday, Sept. 11 at 11 p.m. Syfy “Project Greenlight” (HBO) Sunday, Sept. 13 at 10 p.m. HBO “Doll & Em” (HBO) Sunday, Sept. 13 at 10:40 p.m. HBO “Dancing With the Stars” (ABC) Monday, Sept. 14 at 8 p.m. ABC “The Mindy Project” (Hulu) Tuesday, Sept. 15 Hulu “Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris ” (NBC) Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 10 p.m. Getty Images “The Bastard Executioner” (FX) Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 10 p.m. FX “South Park” (Comedy Central) Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 10 p.m. Comedy Central “Moonbeam City” (Comedy Central) Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 10:30 p.m. Comedy Central “Doctor Who” (BBC America) Saturday, Sept. 19 BBC America “The Voice” (NBC) Monday, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. NBC “Gotham” (Fox) Monday, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. Fox “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) Monday, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. CBS “Life in Pieces” (CBS) Monday, Sept. 21 at 8:30 p.m. CBS “Minority Report” (Fox) Monday, Sept. 21 at 9 p.m. Fox “Scorpion” (CBS) Monday, Sept. 21 at 9 p.m. CBS “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS) Monday, Sept. 21 at 10 p.m. CBS “Castle” (ABC) Monday, Sept. 21 at 10 p.m. ABC “Blindspot” (NBC) Monday, Sept. 21 at 10 p.m. NBC “Scream Queens” (Fox) Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. Fox “NCIS” (CBS) Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. CBS “The M |
In which classic novel was Brookfield School featured ? | Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) Pages: ( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 ) Background Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) is the British-made, classic, sentimental tale of much-loved English schoolteacher guiding many generations of schoolboys through almost 60 years of education at the fictitious Brookfield School, from his early career days as a young classic scholar to his slightly doddering old age. The screenplay for director Sam Wood's melodramatic film, made at MGM's British studio, was based upon James Hilton's short novel of the same name, first published in the British Weekly and then in The Atlantic Monthly (April 1934 issue). The story was built upon Hilton's own experiences with a senior Master of Classics at a private elitist school in Cambridge. For authenticity's sake, the tearjerker picture, from MGM's British studio, was filmed at the Repton School that was founded in 1557, with actual students and faculty serving as extras in the cast. Robert Donat won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1939 (his sole Oscar win), becoming one of the few non- Gone With the Wind victors - he defeated some of the most famous nominated performances in film history - Clark Gable's performance as Rhett Butler, James Stewart as Jefferson Smith in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington , and Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights . Although the film was honored with seven Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture (Victor Saville, producer), Best Actress (Greer Garson), Best Director, Best Screenplay (Eric Maschwitz, R. C. Sheriff, and Claudine West), Best Sound Recording and Best Film Editing, Donat's Best Actor category was the only victor. The film was remade three times: Herbert Ross' big-budget musical drama/romance Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) with Peter O'Toole as the schoolmaster in an Oscar-nominated performance (he won the Golden Globe award for Best Actor - Musical or Comedy), as a 1984 BBC-TV mini-series with Roy Marsden, and as the 2002 made-for-TV movie for Masterpiece Theatre with Martin Clunes in the title role. The Story At the conclusion of the opening credits, the film acknowledges: "our gratitude to the late Irving Thalberg, whose inspiration illuminates the picture of 'Goodbye, Mr. Chips'". The film opens within the quadrangle of the revered Brookfield School, founded in 1492: ...one can almost feel the centuries...Gray old age, dreaming over a crowded past. A train whistle blows, signaling the arrival of chattering, excited boys for the beginning of the new school term. As all the pupils, each wearing a hat, file into a building for an all-school assembly, they carry on the time-honored tradition of the British boys' school called 'call-over.' [The film ends with the same tradition.] A master stands at the doorway with a list of the names of each pupil, and the boys file past and call out their last name. It is the late 1920s - the head of the school announces a "small disappointment" for the students: For the first time in fifty-eight years, Mr. Chipping has been unable to attend first-day assembly. Chips - and you'll allow me to refer to him as 'Chips,' seeing that thirty-seven years ago this autumn, he gave me a thrashing for sheer-bone laziness. Well, Chips has a cold, and a cold can be quite a serious thing for a young fellow of eighty-three. Old schoolmaster 'Chips' was ordered to stay at home by the school's doctor, "but it was quite a battle. Our old friend was finally induced to surrender, and he is now sitting under violent protest by his own fireside." At the same moment, a doddering, tardy Mr. Charles Chipping (nicknamed "Mr. Chips") (Robert Donat), the retired master who still lives on the school grounds, ignores his doctor's orders and is glimpsed shambling along in full academic garb (with mortar board and walking stick) toward the assembly. Locked out because he is a late-comer |
What is Paddington Bear?s favourite sandwich filling? | Paddington Bear's favourite safe as home cooks help preserve marmalade's future | Daily Mail Online comments As a staple of British cuisine, news of a massive fall in marmalade sales was greeted with horror this month. Though it’s been a key ingredient in British breakfasts for over 200 hundred years – as well as the filling in Paddington Bear’s sandwich of choice – it emerged that the UK ate 2.5 million fewer jars of marmalade in 2010 than the year before. However, traditionalists’ fears that the citrus preserve was losing out to chocolate spread and peanut butter can be allayed as more Britons are choosing to produce their own marmalade. Breakfast of champions: Paddington Bear's marmalade sandwiches will be preserved thanks to home cooks battling falling sales There has been a notable rise in the sales of Seville oranges while an increased number of consumers have been searching online for marmalade recipes. Waitrose confirmed its sale of Seville oranges – which are typically available in the UK for just three weeks in January – were 30 per cent higher than in the same period last year, with Tesco confirming a 35 per cent rise. Online searches for marmalade recipes were also up 80 per cent at Waitrose.com in the first fortnight of January, the supermarket explained. RELATED ARTICLES Share this article Share Christopher Moore, Waitrose Home Baking Buyer, told the Telegraph: ‘We are delighted that customers are having a go at making their own marmalade. ‘This breakfast spread is a Great British tradition and there’s nothing quite like it on toast in the morning. ‘It’s important that younger cooks discover the pleasure of making and eating marmalade.’ Homemade: More and more Britons are choosing to produce their own marmalade, according to new figures The do-it-yourself approach to marmalade was also confirmed by a 40 per cent year-on-year increase in sales of pectin, a gelling agent used in the production of the spread. News that Britain's love for the orange fruit preserve is continuing in home kitchens comes in the week that Robertson's sent Padidngton Bear on a tour of the UK to collect homemade jars for entry into this year's Marmalade Awards in Cumbria. With his suitcase and hat in tow, the duffle coat-wearing bear was at Liverpool station today and will also appear at Cardiff and Edinburgh stations ahead of the awards in Penrith on February 13 and 14. |
Which 1978 film featured gangs called the T Birds and the Pink Ladies? | Grease (1978) - Synopsis The content of this page was created directly by users and has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. Warning! This synopsis may contain spoilers See plot summary for non-spoiler summarized description. Visit our Synopsis Help to learn more Synopsis In 1958, during their summer vacation, Danny Zuko (John Travolta) and Sandy Olsson (Olivia Newton-John) meet at a beach. Scenes from their holiday are shown, but then the summer ends, and Sandy and Danny say their last good-byes. Danny seems to not want to let Sandy go, but Sandy is due to return to Australia. She is upset, thinking that this is the end of their romance and that they will never see each other again. Danny tries to comfort her by telling her that "it's not the end, it's just the beginning". However, Sandy's family has a change of plans and does not return to Australia, but Danny is unaware of this. Sandy enrolls at Rydell High School as a foreign-exchange student, where Danny is a student, as is Sandy's new friend Frenchy (Didi Conn), a member of the schoolgirl clique "The Pink Ladies." Danny is the leader of the boys' gang, "The T-Birds." Kenickie, second-in-command of the T-Birds, encourages Danny to tell them what he did over the summer, while the Pink Ladies likewise persuade Sandy. Through "Summer Nights" Sandy and Danny describe their vacation, and it is made clear that Danny is exaggerating; at the time, however, neither is aware of the other's presence at the school. Encouraged by the preppy school spirit girl, Patty Simcox (Susan Buckner), Sandy joins the Rydell cheerleaders. The Pink Ladies decide to reunite Danny and Sandy, but Danny wants to protect his cool image, and his behavior towards Sandy causes her to storm off in tears. Danny stares after her for a moment, but then quickly turns back into a cool guy and goes off with his friends. Frenchy attempts to cheer Sandy up by inviting her to a sleepover at her house with the rest of the gang; Sandy comes along, but Rizzo soon gets fed up with Sandy's goody-two-shoes behavior: Sandy chokes on a cigarette, cannot stand the taste of wine, and is horrified at the idea of having her ears pierced. Frenchy insists and takes her into the bathroom, but Sandy vomits at the first sight of blood. Frenchy announces to Jan (Jamie Donnelly) and Marty (Dinah Manoff) that she is dropping out of Rydell and going to beauty school, which she calls a very strategic career move. Rizzo (Stockard Channing) has had enough and lampoons Sandy, and even Frenchy joins in, singing the sarcastic "Look at Me, I'm Sandra Dee." The T-Birds arrive outside Frenchy's house. Rizzo leaves the sleepover and she and Kenickie (Jeff Conaway) flirt, then Kenickie invites her into the car, and dumps the other T-Birds. Danny leaves of his own accord while Rizzo and Kenickie drive off together and the other T-Birds go for pizza. Marty, the flirtatious member of The Pink Ladies, decides to write to one of her (numerous) pen pals, while Sandy goes outside, and decides that in spite of everything, she still loves Danny, singing "Hopelessly Devoted to You", a poignant love song that was added for the movie and was a big hit as a single. The scene shifts to Rizzo and Kenickie making out passionately in the back seat of his new car. They plan to take things a step further, but Kenickie's condom breaks. Rizzo, however, is unable to resist Kenickie, and they decide to have sex anyway. They are soon interrupted by Leo (Dennis Cleveland Stewart), leader of rival gang The Scorpions, who damages Kenickie's car. While at work repairing the car, the T-Birds fantasize about what it will look like when it has had a paint job, singing "Greased Lightning". Soon Danny gets the other T-Birds convinced that the rickety old car could actually be a "major piece of machinery". Later, Danny meets Sandy at the Frosty Palace, and tries to apologize for his actions. He sees that Sandy is sharing a soda with Tom Chisum (Lorenzo Lamas), a jock, and decides that if that's the sort of man she likes, he's going to join the jocks to impress her. W |
In which series does Kiefer Sutherland play CTU agent Jack Bauer? | 24: Kiefer Sutherland Wanted Jack Bauer Killed Off 24: Kiefer Sutherland Wanted Jack Bauer Killed Off 84 Shares 6 As the development of the award winning 24 ‘s reboot series 24: Legacy forges ahead with a whole new cast of characters and action hero protagonist in the shape of Straight Outta Compton‘s Corey Hawkins , there is one name that will always be synonymous with the hard hitting, counter terrorism drama; Jack Bauer. Kiefer Sutherland last revisited his iconic character in 2014’s 24 event series, Live Another Day, which left Bauer in the narratively inconclusive predicament of being escorted off to Russian prison: a seemingly unjust ending for a character that had suffered and sacrificed through seasons of day-saving (and especially in light of Sutherland’s apparent reluctance to continue on the 24 bandwagon). Now 24‘s longtime writer and showrunner, Howard Gordon has offered some insight into the factors that led to that uncertain end to Bauer’s story line in the 24 universe. That includes Sutherland’s contradictory desired outcome for his character’s ultimate fate. 24 debuted it’s fast paced, real time format and distinguishable split screen style in 2001 and ran until 2010, releasing an additional TV film 24: Redemption in 2008 and returning for its 12 episode event series Live Another Day in 2014. The reboot 24: Legacy is due to air in 2017 starring Miranda Otto (Homeland), Jimmy Smits (Sons Of Anarchy) and Teddy Sears (The Flash) alongside Hawkins, who will be playing an ex Army ranger drawn into the CTU machine as he becomes embroiled in a terrorist threat against the U.S. Although Sutherland has expressed his support for the rebooted series and will be serving as an executive producer for the show, it does not seem likely that fans will see Bauer in anything more than a possible cameo role in the future. This is further substantiated by Gordon’s reveal that the Emmy award winning actor apparently had a very final ending in mind for his legendary CTU agent character (as reported by Variety ): “Kiefer [Sutherland] actually wanted Jack Bauer to die, and we had many conversations about it… many of us, including his agent, tried to talk him out of it, but then there was an edict from very high up [within Fox] and Jack Bauer is still alive.” The showrunner (who is also a co-creator and writer for the CIA drama Homeland ) went on to give another glimmer of hope to fans that would love to see Bauer achieve a more satisfying ending to his incredible career by stating “There’s always a chance he could come back” and continued with praise for the character’s lasting TV legacy: “Jack Bauer has cast a very long and powerful shadow……. Carrie Mathison [Claire Danes’ character in ‘Homeland’] was born out of Jack Bauer. So was Corey’s character. We are fishing in the same pond for stories. Jack Bauer is the atom.” These comments from Gordon offer some explanation as to why Bauer’s ending storyline within Live Another Day, for many, felt inconclusive – considering there was no definite plan at the time to continue with the series in any certain capacity. Due to the nature of the show and history of dangling carrots of potential happiness in front of its characters before snatching them away, it was unlikely that fans would ever get the satisfaction of seeing Bauer disappear into a sunset of peaceful retirement that he probably deserved. Despite this, Sutherland’s wish to kill off his successful protagonist could have been born from disillusionment and fatigue from the long-serving role, rather than a need for a narrative closure that would have satisfied the majority of fans. Watching Bauer make the ultimate sacrifice may have seemed cleaner in 2014 than leaving the character to rot indefinitely in a Russian prison, and been more satisfactory for those who have trepidation about the upcoming reboot. But Fox’s ultimate refusal to let Bauer die is somehow pleasingly fitting to the stubborn nature of this character – and leaves the door open for that closure his fans are still hoping for. |
Who did Val Kilmer portray in the film The Doors? | The Doors (1991) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error | Biography , Drama , Music | 1 March 1991 (USA) The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band The Doors and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison , from his days as a UCLA film student in Los Angeles, to his untimely death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. Director: Randall Jahnson (as J. Randal Johnson), Oliver Stone Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 36 titles created 26 Nov 2010 a list of 49 titles created 14 Jun 2012 a list of 45 titles created 24 Jan 2013 a list of 33 titles created 13 Mar 2015 a list of 40 titles created 30 Apr 2015 Search for " The Doors " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for. Director: Oliver Stone Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media. Director: Oliver Stone A New Orleans DA discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story. Director: Oliver Stone A biographical story of former U.S. president Richard Milhous Nixon, from his days as a young boy to his eventual presidency which ended in shame. Director: Oliver Stone A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider who takes the youth under his wing. Director: Oliver Stone The final movie in Oliver Stone's Vietnam trilogy follows the true story of a Vietnamese village girl who survives a life of suffering and hardship during and after the Vietnam war. As a ... See full summary » Director: Oliver Stone A man heading to Vegas to pay off his gambling debt before the Russian mafia kills him, is forced to stop in an Arizona town where everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. Director: Oliver Stone An American photojournalist gets caught in a political struggle at El Salvador in 1980. Director: Oliver Stone Edit Storyline Oliver Stone's homage to 1960s rock group The Doors also doubles as a biography of the group's late singer, the "Electric Poet" Jim Morrison. The movie follows Morrison from his days as a film student in Los Angeles to his death in Paris, France at age 27 in 1971. The movie features a tour-de-force performance by Val Kilmer, who not only looks like Jim Morrison's long-lost twin brother, but also sounds so much like him that he did much of his own singing. It has been written that even the surviving Doors had trouble distinguishing Kilmer's vocals from Morrison's originals. Written by Denise P. Meyer <[email protected]> Taglines: "There are things known and things unknown and in between are The Doors." -- Jim Morrison See more » Genres: Rated R for heavy drug content, and for strong sexuality and language | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 1 March 1991 (USA) See more » Also Known As: 140 min Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track (analog 70 mm prints)| CDS (digital 35 mm and 70 mm prints)| Dolby SR (analog 35 mm prints) Color: Did You Know? Trivia In the film, the band is signed after being fired from Whiskey-a-Go-Go. In real life, they were signed by Elektra Records on August 18, 1966. Whiskey-a-Go-Go fired the band on August 21, after Morrison used acid induced, profane, Oedipus Rex lyrics. See more » Goofs In the film, a female photographer sexily encourages Morrison to take his shirt off, resulting in the iconic "Young Lion" photo first seen in the Village Voice, and later used as the cover photo for the Doors 1985 "Best Of" album. The photographer was actually a man, Joel Brodsky. See more » Quotes Andy Warhol : Som |
Who played the title role in the 2002 film, Mr Deeds? | Mr. Deeds (2002) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error A sweet-natured, small-town guy inherits a controlling stake in a media conglomerate and begins to do business his way. Director: Steven Brill Writers: Clarence Budington Kelland (short story "Opera Hat"), Robert Riskin (film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town) | 1 more credit » Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 37 titles created 23 Oct 2011 a list of 49 titles created 28 Apr 2012 a list of 30 titles created 19 Sep 2012 a list of 37 titles created 18 Feb 2013 a list of 30 titles created 09 Jan 2014 Search for " Mr. Deeds " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 4 wins & 7 nominations. See more awards » Videos A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father. Director: Dennis Dugan A waterboy for a college football team discovers he has a unique tackling ability and becomes a member of the team. Director: Frank Coraci In order to inherit his fed up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again. Director: Tamra Davis A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house. Director: Dennis Dugan Dave Buznik is a businessman who is wrongly sentenced to an anger-management program, where he meets an aggressive instructor. Director: Peter Segal Prison inmates form a football team to challenge the prison guards. Director: Peter Segal A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices. Director: Frank Coraci 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X Henry Roth is a man afraid of commitment up until he meets the beautiful Lucy. They hit it off and Henry think he's finally found the girl of his dreams, until he discovers she has short-term memory loss and forgets him the very next day. Director: Peter Segal Two straight, single Brooklyn firefighters pretend to be a gay couple in order to receive domestic partner benefits. Director: Dennis Dugan After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend. Director: Dennis Dugan After two of the devil's three sons escape Hell to wreak havoc on Earth, the devil must send his third son, the mild-mannered Nicky, to bring them back before it's too late. Director: Steven Brill An Israeli Special Forces Soldier fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist. Director: Dennis Dugan Edit Storyline When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds. Of course, Deeds' sincere naiveté has Babe falling in love with him instead. Ultimately, Deeds comes to find that money truly has the power to change things, but it doesn't necessarily need to change him. Written by Sujit R. Varma Small town kid, big time right hook See more » Genres: Rated PG-13 for language including sexual references, and some rear nudity | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 28 June 2002 (USA) See more » Also Known As: $37,162,787 (USA) (28 June 2002) Gross: Did You Know? Trivia When talking to Longfellow on the phone and still pretending to be a school nurse, Babe says that a boy named Billy Barty is in her office sick. This is a tribute to the actor Billy Barty who died in 2000, only three months before production |
What is the name of Bob the Builder?s cat? | Free Knitting Chart: Pilchard, Bob the Builder's Cat Work Pilchard's whiskers using stem stitch after blocking. Copyright 2001 Sarah Bradberry |
Who plays Mrs Overall in Acorn Antiques? | AA Character Profiles Members Acorn Antiques - Character Profiles The Director is looking for a cast of twenty-two (max twenty-four) hard working and dedicated performers - each will be required to do a solo audition. Miss Babs, Miss Berta, Miss Bonnie, Mrs O and all Ensemble characters need to be able to attempt basic tap. Ensemble will also be choreographed in the big scale musical "pastiche" numbers. However, you do not have to be a trained dancer - just be able to move well and willing to work hard. Below, key numbers for each character are in bold print! Miss Babs The voluptuous, overwrought and lovelorn owner of Acorn Antiques - haughty, affected and sexually repressed. originally played by Celia Imrie. Character requirements: Playing age 40/50+ but could be played by a younger actress. Large amount of dialogue. Excellent acting and comedy skills with a good strong singing voice. Good mover. Vocal range: Alto to 2nd Sop. Musical numbers: Acorn Antiques, Clifford's Anthem, Please Stay Here, Hey Hey, Have You Met Miss Babs, Tip Top Tap, The Ol' Small Print, Shagarama, Once In A Lifetime, Finale. Miss Berta Miss Babs 'younger' twin sister. In love with Mr Clifford but pining for him as he has lost his memory and can't remember that they were engaged! Smilingly desperate! Originally played by Sally Anne Triplet. Character requirements: Playing age 30/40+. Large amount of dialogue. Must have excellent singing voice and good comic timing/acting and dancing skills. Vocal range: Alto to 2nd Sop. Musical numbers: Acorn Antiques, Clifford's Anthem, Please Stay Here, Hey Hey, Remind Him, Tip Top Tap, Shagarama, Once In A Lifetime, Finale. Mrs Overall The cleaner of Acorn Antiques - revealed to be the mother of Miss Babs, Miss Berta and Miss Bonnie. Suffers from varicose veins and haemorrhoids but believes all problems can be solved by a nice cup of tea, a macaroon and an anecdote. Originally played by Julie Walters. Character requirements: Playing age 60+ but can be cast using a much younger actress. Large amount of dialogue. A demanding but rewarding challenge for an actress who has great comic timing and a strong singing voice. Required to move well. Comic timing is paramount. Brummie accent. Vocal range: Alto to 2nd Sop (plus some falsetto). Musical numbers: Macaroons, Hey Hey, Tip Top Tap, Love From Mrs O, Oh! Oh! Mrs O!, Finale. Miss Bonnie The assertive, ruthless owner of The Guilty Bean chain of coffee shops. Finds out she is the long lost sister triplet of Miss Babs and Miss Berta. A "super bitch" who comes good! Originally played by Josie Lawrence. Character requirements: Playing age 30/40+. Large amount of dialogue. Good acting and singing/moving ability needed. Vocal range: Strong Alto, ability to do Sop (falsetto). Musical numbers: Manchesterford, Please Stay Here, Hey hey, Tip Top Tap, The Ol' Small Print, Shagarama, Once In A Lifetime, Finale. Mr Clifford Solid, reliable type who is suffering from amnesia. A man of questionable years. Miss Berta's lover but he can't remember it. Co-owner of Acorn Antiques. Originally played by Duncan Preston. Character requirements: Playing age 40+. Large amount of dialogue. Excellent comic actor with the ability to hold a tune. Little dance movement required. Vocal range: Tenor. Musical numbers: Clifford's Anthem, Please Stay Here, Hey Hey, Remind Her, Shagarama, Finale. Tony A loan shark - the 'Credit Crony' who catches Miss Babs's eye and tries to con her out of her inheritance. A bit of a stud! Originally played by Neil Morrisey. Character requirements: Playing age 30+. Medium amount of dialogue. Strong singing voice. No dancing required. Vocal range: High tenor Musical numbers: The Ol' Small Print, Finale. Mr Watkins A regular at Acorn Antiques, along with his partner, Derek. Runs the MAOS (Manchesterford Amateur Operatic Society). Less flamboyant than Derek until.... Character requirements: Playing age 40+. Medium amount of dialogue. Strong comic actor with a good singing voice. Must be able to move. Vocal range: Tenor Musical numbers: Manchesterford, Clifford |
In which sci-fi TV series did Dirk Benedict play Lieutenant Starbuck? | Dirk Benedict interview | Lt. Starbuck | Battlestar Galactica Battlestar Galactica. Hard to say, but... ...Easy to watch! ...Easy to watch. What a time of your life this is. This show has all the earmarks, and has an enormous amount of talk about it, and you're starring in it. What's the feeling, Dirk? Well, actually doing this show has been such hard work. I've sort of been insulated from... everybody else gets the excitement of this show -- the anticipation -- we're working 14 hours a day on the sound stages. So, I go to work at 7 in the morning and come home at 10 or 11 at night, then I get up and go to work and on weekends I get ready for the next week. So it's been a very... a lot of hard work. It will ease off a bit once we go on the air, we'll be able to... It hasn't really brought... It's destroyed my private life of course, because you don't have time to do anything. I haven't been to a movie for five or six months. I wonder what kind of satisfaction it is to do something which is obviously is going to explode all over the country -- being an enormous success -- considering the acting background that you've had. Yeah, it's really strange. What satisfaction is there now -- working so hard, not being able to see the results or hear the applause at the moment. What kind of feeling is that? You feel you're in a vacuum sometimes, I wonder? Absolutely. The publicists, the agents, the mangers, those are the ones that get in on the excitement, because they go to the lunches. They know what's going on, because they can watch the news. I can't even watch the news because I'm working too damn much, so... But I must say that I've been an actor all my career, not somebody who is -- I was never really aiming for what is happening to me. So, I'm really involved in the work and in the challenge in creating this character, Lt. Starbuck, and doing the best I can with it. It's been -- because it's a well written part - a challenge and it's a rewarding character to play. It's kept my attention. I've really not been concerned with the other aspects of it -- the publicity and what it will mean to Dirk Benedict once it goes on the air. Other people will see the show, they see the work, they see what everybody has contributed, they will see me in it. It will bring about different things to do and it will change my life, I'm sure. Although I don't think it will make it impossible for me to live the life I have been living up until now, which is one of relative obscurity. (laughs) I don't know. Let me ask you about this role. We've seen these Starbuck guys, I think, in various films like Close Encounter [of the Third Kind], Star Wars or whatever. In your mind, is he more fleshed out than the kind of roles we're accustomed to seeing in these films? Is he a fully dimensional guy? Well, in the first three hours, the premiere show, on September 17th, he isn't, because there isn't time. There are so many stories going on. It takes time for each character to have his... In the first show he's a really rather dashing con man, who loves to have fun. He really has a great sense of humor about everything and is always -- [there's a ] similarity between Starbuck and Maverick, James Gardner's part Maverick. In the later shows, there's a development of the character which all along was to be there, but it takes time. In the later shows there's a serious side to his nature. I mean, he's a very passionate fellow -- Starbuck -- and I enjoy that. He's a man of action, and not an analytical mind, and not somebody who sees the overview -- the larger picture -- not one who's concerned with the safety of all the people on the battlestar Galactica. He's really -- moment to moment, individual to individual -- and really wants to have fun. He wants to have a good time. When he's in a situation where the costs are high, he's there, but... I enjoy the immediacy of him as a character. I always saw Hamlet as a man of action, rather than somebody who sat around saying... It's just that he's a... Starbuck is a man of action? Yes! What is Battlestar Galactica? You mea |
Which legendary music festival took place in 1969? | Woodstock: Photos From the Legendary 1969 Rock Festival SHARE LIFE.com presents photographs -- many of which never ran in LIFE magazine -- from the rain-soaked days and nights at Woodstock in 1969. The original plan was for an outdoor rock festival, “three days of peace and music” in the Catskill village of Woodstock. What the young promoters got was the third largest city in New York state, population 400,000 (give or take 100,000), location Max Yasgur’s dairy farm near the town of White Lake. So began LIFE magazine’s description, in its August 29, 1969 issue, of what has come to be seen as one of the defining events of the 1960s. Forty-four years later, LIFE.com presents a gallery of pictures—many of which never ran in the magazine—from those heady, rain-soaked days and nights. Lured by music [the story in LIFE continued] and some strange kind of magic (“Woodstock? Doesn’t Bob Dylan live in Woodstock?”), young people from all over the U.S. descended on the rented 600-acre farm. It was a real city, with life and death and babies—two were born during the gathering—and all the urban problems of water supply, food, sanitation and health. Drugs, too, certainly, because so many of its inhabitants belong to the drug culture. Counting on only 50,000 customers a day, the organizer had set up a fragile, unauthoritarian system to deal with them. Overrun, strained to its limits, the system somehow, amazingly, didn’t break. For three days nearly half a million people lived elbow to elbow in the most exposed, crowded, rain-drenched, uncomfortable kind of community and there wasn’t so much as a fist fight. For those who passed through it, Woodstock was less a music festival than a total experience, a phenomenon, a happening, high adventure, a near disaster and, in s a small way, a struggle for survival. Casting an apprehensive eye over the huge throng on opening day, Friday afternoon, a festival official announced, “There are a hell of a lot of us here. If we are going to make it, you had better remember that the guy next to you is your brother.” Everybody remembered. Woodstock made it. One of the LIFE photographers on scene during the festival, John Dominis, summed up his own recollections of Woodstock this way: “I really had a great time.,” Dominis told LIFE.com, decades after the fact. “I was much older than those kids, but I felt like I was their age. They smiled at me, offered me pot. . . . You didn’t expect to see a bunch of kids so nice; you’d think they’d be uninviting to an older person. But no—they were just great! “I worked at LIFE for 25 years,” Dominis said, “and worked everywhere and saw everything, and I’ve told people every year since Woodstock happened that it was one of the greatest events I ever covered.” Liz Ronk, who edited this gallery, is the Photo Editor for LIFE.com. Follow her on Twitter @lizabethronk . |
What nationality is actor Russell Crowe? | Russell Crowe - Biography - IMDb Russell Crowe Biography Showing all 137 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trade Mark (5) | Trivia (72) | Personal Quotes (47) | Salary (7) Overview (4) 5' 11½" (1.82 m) Mini Bio (1) Russell Ira Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to Jocelyn Yvonne (Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom catered movie sets. His maternal grandfather, Stanley Wemyss, was a cinematographer. Crowe's recent ancestry includes Welsh (where his paternal grandfather was born, in Wrexham), English, Irish, Scottish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Maori (one of Crowe's maternal great-grandmothers, Erana Putiputi Hayes Heihi, was Maori). Crowe's family moved to Australia when he was a small child, and Russell got the acting bug early in life. Beginning as a child star on a local Australian TV show, Russell's first big break came with two films ... the first, Romper Stomper (1992), gained him a name throughout the film community in Australia and the neighboring countries. The second, The Sum of Us (1994), helped put him on the American map, so to speak. Sharon Stone heard of him from Romper Stomper (1992) and wanted him for her film, The Quick and the Dead (1995). But filming on The Sum of Us (1994) had already begun. Sharon is reported to have held up shooting until she had her gunslinger-Crowe, for her film. With The Quick and the Dead (1995) under his belt as his first American film, the second was offered to him soon after. Virtuosity (1995), starring Denzel Washington , put Russell in the body of a Virtual Serial Killer, Sid6.7 ... a role unlike any he had played so far. Virtuosity (1995), a Sci-Fi extravaganza, was a fun film and, again, opened the door to even more American offers. L.A. Confidential (1997), Russell's third American film, brought him the US fame and attention that his fans have felt he deserved all along. Missing the Oscar nod this time around, he didn't seem deterred and signed to do his first film with The Walt Disney Company, Mystery, Alaska (1999). He achieved even more success and awards for his performances in Gladiator (2000) and A Beautiful Mind (2001). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Gustaf Molin <[email protected]> Spouse (1) ( 7 April 2003 - present) (separated) (2 children) Trade Mark (5) Often works with directors Ron Howard and Ridley Scott . Often plays characters based on real individuals Frequently plays fathers or family who have usually suffered a loss Trivia (72) Cousin of former New Zealand international cricketers Jeff Crowe and Martin Crowe . Lost his front tooth playing rugby when he was ten. Never got it fixed until, at the insistence of the director for The Crossing (1990), who paid for it out of his own pocket. First lead role when he was 25. Tried a music career as a rockabilly singer sporting a large pompadour hairdo, playing under the name Russ Le Roq. Titled his first single, "I Want to Be Like Marlon Brando ". Later admitted that he had never even seen a Brando movie when he wrote and recorded the song. Ironically, he went on later to play Jor-El in Man of Steel (2013), the same character that Brando iconically performed in Superman (1978). After filming Gladiator (2000), he and some friends took a 4,000 mile motorcycle trip around Australia. Owns a 560-acre farm in 7.5 hours North-West from Sydney. Dropped out of high school. Russell's rock group is named 30 Odd Foot of Grunts. They played their first American concert following Russell's success in Gladiator (2000) in Austin, Texas in August 2000. The tickets for the concert were selling for over $500 on e-bay.com. (September 5, 2000) Suffered a shoulder injury, which will require surgery, while filming Jodie Foster 's Flora Plum . It is uncertain if the film will have to be recast. Has starred in three films based on articles from Vanity Fair magazine. The Insider (1999) was based on a story by Marie Brenner named "The Man Who Knew Too Much". Proof of Life (2000) was based on the article "Adventures in the Ransom Trade" by William Prochnau . A Beautiful Mind (2001) |
Which film starring Meryl Streep in 1985, won 7 Oscars? | Out of Africa (1985) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error In 20th-century colonial Kenya, a Danish baroness/plantation owner has a passionate love affair with a free-spirited big-game hunter. Director: Karen Blixen (based upon: "Out of Africa" and other writings), Judith Thurman (book) | 2 more credits » Stars: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 35 titles created 25 Aug 2011 a list of 28 titles created 18 Feb 2012 a list of 24 titles created 02 Jan 2013 a list of 21 titles created 08 May 2015 a list of 26 titles created 9 months ago Title: Out of Africa (1985) 7.2/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 7 Oscars. Another 22 wins & 28 nominations. See more awards » Photos At the close of WWII, a young nurse tends to a badly-burned plane crash victim. His past is shown in flashbacks, revealing an involvement in a fateful love affair. Director: Anthony Minghella The story of the final Emperor of China. Director: Bernardo Bertolucci Ted Kramer's wife leaves her husband, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation. Director: Robert Benton An old Jewish woman and her African-American chauffeur in the American South have a relationship that grows and improves over the years. Director: Bruce Beresford Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military. Director: Kevin Costner A young Shakespeare, out of ideas and short of cash, meets his ideal woman and is inspired to write one of his most famous plays. Director: John Madden Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics. Director: Hugh Hudson The accidental death of the older son of an affluent family deeply strains the relationships among the bitter mother, the good-natured father, and the guilt-ridden younger son. Director: Robert Redford Follows hard-to-please Aurora looking for love and her daughter's family problems. Director: James L. Brooks Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. Director: Barry Levinson Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago. Director: Rob Marshall Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson, for four days in the 1960s. Director: Clint Eastwood Edit Storyline Follows the life of Karen Blixen , who establishes a plantation in Africa. Her life is Complicated by a husband of convenience (Bror Blixen), a true love (Denys), troubles on the plantation, schooling of the natives, war, and catching VD from her husband. Written by Tony Bridges <[email protected]> Based on a true story. Genres: 20 December 1985 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Jenseits von Afrika See more » Filming Locations: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)| Dolby (35 mm prints) (as Dolby Stereo) Color: Did You Know? Trivia Meryl Streep was extremely nervous throughout the hair-washing scene, which was shot close to some very territorial hippopotamus. See more » Goofs Karen Blixen 's champagne glass is empty when she slaps a rude man at the New Year's Eve party. Denys takes her arm and pulls her immediately onto the dance floor. When they dance, her glass has champagne in it. See more » Quotes [about to leave Africa, Karen Blixen gives Denys' compass to Farah] Karen Blixen : This is very dear to me. It has helped me to find my way. Farah : Thank you, Msabu. [She goes to board the train. Looks back at him] Karen Blixen : I want to |
Name the male lead in the 1946 film The Big Sleep? | 1946 Academy Awards® Winners and History Actor: FREDRIC MARCH in "The Best Years of Our Lives" , Laurence Olivier in "Henry V", Larry Parks in "The Jolson Story", Gregory Peck in "The Yearling", James Stewart in "It's A Wonderful Life" Actress: OLIVIA DE HAVILLAND in "To Each His Own", Celia Johnson in "Brief Encounter" , Jennifer Jones in "Duel in the Sun" , Rosalind Russell in "Sister Kenny", Jane Wyman in "The Yearling" Supporting Actor: HAROLD RUSSELL in "The Best Years of Our Lives" , Charles Coburn in "The Green Years", William Demarest in "The Jolson Story", Claude Rains in "Notorious" , Clifton Webb in "The Razor's Edge" Supporting Actress: ANNE BAXTER in "The Razor's Edge", Ethel Barrymore in "The Spiral Staircase", Lillian Gish in "Duel in the Sun" , Flora Robson in "Saratoga Trunk", Gale Sondergaard in "Anna and the King of Siam" Director: For the first time, a number of foreign-made films and stars from overseas were found in the various categories - a foreshadowing of things to come. The Best Picture winner of the year was the three-hour long The Best Years of Our Lives (with eight nominations and seven wins), a war-related film about the rough adjustment of returning and damaged WWII veterans (a hard-drinking ex-sergeant, a sailor with prosthetic hooks for hands, and an air force officer) to peacetime. With a total of seven awards, director William Wyler's film won in all major categories in which it was nominated including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Film Editing, and Best Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture. It was the last collaborative work of director William Wyler and independent producer Goldwyn. The award would be the first and only competitive Oscar that producer Samuel Goldwyn would ever win. [Given Goldwyn's long and distinguished involvement in some of the best films ever made, including Arrowsmith (1931/32), Dodsworth (1936) , Dead End (1937), Wuthering Heights (1939) , The Little Foxes (1941), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), and The Bishop's Wife (1947), it is remarkable that The Best Years of Our Lives was the only production of his to ever receive the top award.] Director William Wyler had previously directed and received his first Oscar for the award-winning 1942 Best Picture Mrs. Miniver - another film detailing homefront courage in Britain. Wyler's 1946 tale of three returning servicemen (including Oscar-winning Best Actor Fredric March and Best Supporting Actor Harold Russell) to the homefront following WW II and their painful re-adjustments was an intelligent, moving, almost three hour-long, post-war drama. [It set the standard for future award-winning films about returning veterans and the aftermath of war, including Best Picture winner The Deer Hunter (1978) and its acclaimed competitor Coming Home (1978).] The Best Picture winner defeated Laurence Olivier's involvement (as producer, actor, and director) of the experimental Shakespearean cinematic masterpiece from the UK, Henry V (with four nominations and no wins) - about the medieval monarch who defeated the French at Agincourt. [Olivier also rec |
20, In London, what is the 'actual name' of the street 'known as' Petticoat Lane? | England Street Names (National Institute) Genealogy - FamilySearch Wiki 4 No Roads in the City of London! Street Names Streets have had names since very early times, but there are extremely few records of them before the Norman Conquest (1066). Many old names have been replaced by modern ones, particularly ‘upmarket’ names and, conversely, deliberately archaic ones. Many streets have been destroyed during modernization projects over the centuries, with new ones built. In Winchester, a 909 charter mentions three street names that are no longer in use: Þa cëap stræt (‘market street’) flæscmangererestræt (‘street of the butchers’) scyldwyrtenastræt (‘street of the shield-makers’) These changes may be tracked by using detailed town and countryside maps. It is essential to find maps concurrent with a family’s residence in the area in order to pinpoint exactly where ancestors lived, worked or worshipped. The local archives or nearby public library can usually assist as they will have a published listing of street name changes. How Streets Are Named Street names usually reveal something of the history of the place, and can therefore be of much interest to the genealogist. Reaney (1960) gives many wonderful examples of derivations that can be summarized here into the following categories: Markets or parts of markets where specific products or foods were sold. The Old English word for market was cëap and this is to be found in streets such as Cheapside and Eastcheap, as well as in such place names as Chippingdale and Chipping Barnet. Specific goods can be found in Mealcheapen St. (‘meal-market’), Wincheap St. (‘waggon market’), Chipper Lane (‘place of the market men’). The present Market Place in Salisbury was Chepyngplace in 1357. Brook St. in Warwick used to be called Rother chepyng (‘cattle market’). Place of residence of tradesmen and merchants, who typically congregated in one street devoted to a certain type of goods. These were workshops rather than retail outlets, the trading being carried on in the market place. Typical street names include Shoemaker Lane, Milk Street, Peasemarket Hyll now Peas Hill, Potteresrowe now Potters Row, Spicer Street from the grocers and spicers there, Pepper Lane from sellers of pepper, Fisher Gate revealing the Old Norse gata (‘street’), and The Shambles from shamels (‘benches or stalls’). Some of these trades are no longer extant, but their names remain in the likes of Waterbeer St., Exeter from Waterberestrete (‘the street of the water-carriers’), Lister Gate, Nottingham from the litsters or dyers, Tenters Close, Coventry where cloth was stretched, Gluman Gate, Chesterfield which was where the gleemen or minstrels lived. Sports and games are recalled with The Bullring and Bearward Street, noting mediaeval sites of bull baiting and the place where the bear-ward (keeper) lived. Pall Mall is named from an ancient form of croquet called paille-maille. Practice grounds for the military are found in various Butts that were the archery targets. Foreign enclaves can still be deduced from places called French Street and Petty France, Scotch Gate, Irish Gate Brow, Fleming Row, Ing Lane (‘lane of the Angles’), Old Jewry and Staining Lane (‘town house of the people of Staines’). Notable crossroads can be found in Carfax, ‘the place where four roads meet.’ City gates are commemorated in the streets leading to or going through them. Examples are Aldgate (‘the old gate’) and Bishopsgate, and the French barre is seen in Bootham Bar and Temple Bar. Owner of a prominent house in the street, hence the origin of Goodramgate, York (Scandinavian ‘Guthrum’s street’), Davygate, York after David le lardiner, provisioner for the forest court house here in the 12th century, and Sermon Lane, London from Adam le Sarmoner (‘preacher of sermons’) who had a tenement here in 1228, and many others. Condition or situation of the street. Stinking Lane and Fowle Lane were evil-smelling, whilst Addle St. contained adela (‘filth and liquid manure’), and Pudding Lane doesn’t reek of plum puddings but of the Middle English |
What kind of creatures are Sam, Merry and Pippin in the Lord of the Rings trilogy? | The Lord of the Rings "The Lord of The Rings required a commitment from our cast to learn how to swordfight, horseback ride, canoe, learn Elvish, climb mountain peaks and at the same time bring the magic and magnetism of Tolkiens characters to the screen. They were up to the task." Barrie M. Osborne, producer At the core of the story in The Lord of the Rings are the cultures that make up Middle-earth: Hobbits, Dwarves, Humans, Elves, Wizards, Trolls, Ents, Orcs, Ringwraiths and Uruk-Hai. Each culture has its own rich way of life, its own customs, myths, ways of dress and even style of fighting. Each is fully developed in The Lord of the Rings, creating the essence of a living, breathing world just beyond our own history. For example, Hobbits are gentle and close to nature, an almost child-like group who live off the land. With an average height of 36", the furry-footed creatures dwell deep in furnished holes on the sides of hills. They love the simple things in life: smoking pipes, eating, and, of course, storytelling. They live to around 100 years old, with the age of 33 marking the start of adulthood. Elves, on the other hand, are noble, elegant, magical beings whose time is running out and who seem to possess a bittersweet sense that they are now about to pass into myth. Although they could be slain or die of grief, elves are immortal in that they are not subject to age or disease. Dwarves are short but very tough, with a strong, ancient sense of justice and an abiding love of all things beautiful. Small in stature, they live to be about 250 years old. Wizards are supremely powerful but can use that power for good or for evil, depending on where their hearts lie. Men in The Lord of the Rings are a fledgling race just coming into their own. Other creatures are even more fantastical: the leaf-covered Ents try to protect their brethren, the trees; the misshapen Orcs fight for Saruman; and the sinister, black-cloaked Ringwraiths are neither living nor dead but cursed to live in the twilight world of Sauron. To bring these remarkably diverse beings to life would require a cast of true versatility and also a cast willing to spend months in the deep heartland of New Zealand bringing life to a literary legend. It would require a group of actors who could carry their characters through three chapters of climactic changes. In the first installment, The Fellowship of the Ring, the actors get a chance to introduce their characters and their individual quests. At the center of it all is the storys 36" hero Frodo Baggins, the shy but forthright hobbit who assumes the responsibility for destroying The Ring. Despite the help of the Fellowship, it is Frodo who must bear the burden of The Ring and resist its constant temptations of evil. For the actor to play Frodo, the filmmakers chose 20-year-old Elijah Wood for his energy, innocence and charisma. "Elijah has a sincerity of purpose that just makes him a natural in the role," observes Barrie M. Osborne. "He is capable of taking the character through a real transformation, which begins with The Fellowship of the Ring." Wood describes Frodo as "a very curious adventurer. Frodo lives in a time when most of his fellow hobbits want to stay with their own kind, but Frodo is very different in that he wants to leave and see the rest of the world and all its wonders." Which is exactly what he does in The Lord of the Rings. As Frodo begins his journey, Wood was struck by how much like a person, rather than a fantasy character, the hobbit began to seem. "He became alive for me," he admits. "The way we shot the movie, everything was so real that we all believed that Frodo and the others really existed in history. Once I had on my prosthetic ears and feet for the first time, I knew what it was to feel like a hobbit. It sounds bizarre, but it felt the same as playing a historical character, as if hobbits had actually once been alive." One of Frodos closest allies in his plight to destroy The Ring is the old and powerful wizard Gandalf, who begins to demonstrate his full pow |
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In which city did Van Der Valk do his detecting? | Nicolas Freeling - Telegraph Nicolas Freeling 12:02AM BST 22 Jul 2003 Nicolas Freeling, who died in France on Sunday aged 76, liberated the detective story from page-turning puzzle into a critique of society and an investigation of character. He paved the way for those who, like Ruth Rendell and P D James on this side of the Atlantic, and Elmore Leonard and George V Higgins on the other, sought to enter the fictional mainstream and write good novels which can be re-read once the crime has been cleared up and the detecting done. A self-declared follower of Simenon, who reciprocated the admiration and addressed him as "Cher collègue", Freeling's 13 Piet Van der Valk and 16 Henri Castang books are to his admirers the best of British romans policiers. Yet only one of them is set outside the Continent, and that in Dublin. Freeling lived nearly all his life in Holland and in France. As one critic observed, he is the only British novelist of consequence to have tackled modern Europe - though that judgment unfairly excludes John le Carre, who elevated the spy story in a comparable way. Nicolas Freeling was born in London on March 3 1927. His background, which he dissected in his last book, a combined memoir and landscape of the Alsace village he lived in for the past 30 years, was shabby genteel. His mother, an ardent Communist turned Catholic, was a cousin of the Anglo-Irish Erskine Childers, who wrote the classic of suspense The Riddle of the Sands, and was executed in the Irish civil war. She left Nicolas's amiable, pottering father, and the boy's childhood and education were peripatetic and strange, being set in Southampton, Brittany and wartime Ireland. After National Service with the RAF from 1947 to 1949, until his early thirties Freeling worked as a sous-chef in the French and British seaside luxury hotels which were trying, usually without success, to re-establish themselves after the war. Years later, he took time off from the police novels to write Kitchen Book, a definitive memoir of this time. Influenced by, but transcending, the work of the New York author-restaurateur Ludwic Bemelmans, it is a masterpiece of food literature and recently inspired another New York chef, Antony Bourdain, to write his best-selling Kitchen Confidential. Freeling steeped himself in Dickens, Kipling and Conrad in boyhood, and believed that the intense discipline fostered by old-fashioned kitchens equipped him to write. He and his Dutch wife, always known as Renee, had started a family when disaster struck. Working in Amsterdam, he availed himself of a traditional chef's perk and pilfered some meat for his family's use. It was decided to make an example of him and he spent three weeks in a Dutch jail. Here he met an amused and irreverent policeman, the model for Inspector Van der Valk. Though he had written what he thought was a love story, Van der Valk strayed into it and his publisher, Victor Gollancz, decided it was a thriller. Published in 1962, Love In Amsterdam and subsequent Van der Valk novels were very successful, the intimate and insider's portrait of a great city and a small country were absorbing; and the hero, and his French wife, Arlette, were sufficiently distinctive to stoke fiction readers' appetite for a serial. There were film and television offers; a well-received television series with Barry Foster in the title role was made. There were three Van der Valk television series on ITV in the mid-1970s, and he returned for a further two in 1991-1992. However, disaster struck again when Freeling decided, in 1972, to kill off Van der Valk and, unlike Conan Doyle with Sherlock Holmes, refused to resurrect him - though he did, reluctantly, later write three pot-boilers. Two of them starred Arlette and one resurrected an old case of Piet's. The motive for this murder was simple. The Freeling family wished to educate their five children in France (he had fancied Germany, but his wife would not wear it). They moved from Holland to Strasbourg, and from Strasbourg to a small mining village in the Vosges nearby. Twenty-four novels fo |
Who directed the Oscar nominated film Mystic River? | Mystic River - Awards - IMDb Movie of the Year MYSTIC RIVER is a masterful portrait of fate and friendship across generations. Director Clint ... More MYSTIC RIVER is a masterful portrait of fate and friendship across generations. Director Clint Eastwood draws brilliant performances from an outstanding ensemble cast in which Sean Penn's searing portrayal of a father in pain calls to mind a young Marlon Brando. The use of locations in working class Boston presents an authentic background for a story of people whose lives are woven together in a world that they cannot escape. African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) 2003 Won |
Who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the film Ray? | Ray (2004) - IMDb IMDb 17 January 2017 4:34 PM, UTC NEWS There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error | Biography , Drama , Music | 29 October 2004 (USA) The story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles , from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s. Director: From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC a list of 47 titles created 20 Feb 2012 a list of 41 titles created 08 Jun 2012 a list of 44 titles created 11 Oct 2012 a list of 38 titles created 09 Sep 2013 a list of 35 titles created 03 Dec 2014 Search for " Ray " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 2 Oscars. Another 52 wins & 51 nominations. See more awards » Photos Two documentary filmmakers chronicle their time in Sonagchi, Calcutta and the relationships they developed with children of prostitutes who work the city's notorious red light district. Directors: Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman Stars: Kochi, Avijit Halder, Shanti Das In the Antarctic, every March since the beginning of time, the quest begins to find the perfect mate and start a family. Director: Luc Jacquet Based on the events of the brutal Ugandan dictator Idi Amin's regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970's. Director: Kevin Macdonald Two men reaching middle age with not much to show but disappointment embark on a week-long road trip through California's wine country, just as one is about to take a trip down the aisle. Director: Alexander Payne 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.4/10 X In 1959, Truman Capote learns of the murder of a Kansas family and decides to write a book about the case. While researching for his novel In Cold Blood, Capote forms a relationship with one of the killers, Perry Smith, who is on death row. Director: Bennett Miller A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes ' career from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s. Director: Martin Scorsese The story of Harvey Milk , and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. Director: Gus Van Sant Alex Gibney exposes the haunting details of the USA's torture and interrogation practices during the War in Afghanistan. Director: Alex Gibney A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it. Director: Stephen Gaghan A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring, but illegal, high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center's twin towers in 1974, what some consider, "the artistic crime of the century." Director: James Marsh A trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way. Director: Bill Condon A faded country music musician is forced to reassess his dysfunctional life during a doomed romance that also inspires him. Director: Scott Cooper Edit Storyline The story of Ray Charles, music legend. Told in his adult live with flashbacks to his youth we see his humble origins in Florida, his turbulent childhood which included losing his brother and then his sight, his rise as pianist in a touring band, his writing his own songs and running his own band and then stardom. Also includes his addiction to drugs and its affect on his working life and family life. Written by grantss Taglines: The only thing more extraordinary than the music is the man behind it: Ray Charles. See more » Genres: Rated PG-13 for depiction of drug addiction, sexuality and some thematic elements | See all certifications » Parents Guide: 29 October 2004 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Unchain My Heart: The Ray Charles Story See |
Which film studio released the first ever 'talkie'? | Talkies | Silent Films Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia File:DicksonExpSoundFilm.jpg The idea of combining motion pictures with recorded sound is nearly as old as the concept of cinema itself. On February 27 , 1888 , a couple of days after photographic pioneer Eadweard Muybridge gave a lecture not far from the laboratory of Thomas Edison , the two inventors privately met. Muybridge later claimed that on this occasion, six years before the first commercial motion picture exhibition, he proposed a scheme for sound cinema that would combine his image-casting zoopraxiscope with Edison's recorded-sound technology. [1] No agreement was reached, but within a year Edison commissioned the development of the Kinetoscope , essentially a "peep-show" system, as a visual complement to his cylinder phonograph . The two devices were brought together as the Kinetophone in 1895, but individual, cabinet viewing of motion pictures was soon to be outmoded by successes in film projection. [2] In 1899, a projected sound-film system known as Cinemacrophonograph or Phonorama, based primarily on the work of Swiss-born inventor François Dussaud, was exhibited in Paris; similar to the Kinetophone, the system required individual use of earphones. [3] An improved cylinder-based system, Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre, was developed by Clément-Maurice Gratioulet and Henri Lioret of France, allowing short films of theater, opera, and ballet excerpts to be presented at the Paris Exposition in 1900. These appear to be the first publicly exhibited films with projection of both image and recorded sound. Three major problems persisted, leading to motion pictures and sound recording largely taking separate paths for a generation: Synchronization – The pictures and sound were recorded and played back by separate devices, which were difficult to start and maintain in synchronization. [4] Playback volume – While motion picture projectors soon allowed film to be shown to large theater audiences, audio technology before the development of electric amplification could not project to satisfactorily fill large spaces. Recording fidelity – The primitive systems of the era produced sound of very low quality unless the performers were stationed directly in front of the cumbersome recording devices (acoustical horns, for the most part), imposing severe limits on the sort of films that could be created with live-recorded sound. File:DeForestScreenShot.jpg Advanced sound-on-film – In 1919, American inventor Lee De Forest was awarded several patents that would lead to the first sound-on-film technology with commercial application. In De Forest's system, the sound track was photographically recorded on to the side of the strip of motion picture film to create a composite, or "married," print. If proper synchronization of sound and picture was achieved in recording, it could be absolutely counted on in playback. Over the next four years, he improved his system with the help of equipment and patents licensed from another American inventor in the field, Theodore Case . [10] At the University of Illinois , Polish-born research engineer Joseph Tykociński-Tykociner was working independently on a similar process. On June 9 , 1922 , he gave the first reported U.S. demonstration of a sound-on-film motion picture to members of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers . [11] As with Lauste and Tigerstedt, Tykociner's system would never be taken advantage of commercially; De Forest's, however, soon would. On April 15 , 1923 , at New York City's Rivoli Theater, came the first commercial screening of motion pictures with sound-on-film, the future standard: a set of shorts under the banner of De Forest Phonofilms , accompanying a silent feature. [12] That June, De Forest entered into an extended legal battle with an employee, Freeman Harrison Owens , for title to one of the crucial Phonofilm patents. Although De Forest ultimately won the case in the courts, Owens is today recognized as a central innovator in the field. The following year, De Forest's studio released the first commercial dramatic |
Which 1962 film starring Frank Sinatra was remade in 2004 starring Denzel Washington? | Amazon.com: The Manchurian Candidate: denzel washington, dan olmstead, jonathan demme: Movies & TV The Manchurian Candidate $13.99 Playback Region B/2 :This will not play on most Blu-ray players sold in North America, Central America, South America, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Learn more about Blu-ray region specifications here Unlimited Streaming with Amazon Prime Start your 30-day free trial to stream thousands of movies & TV shows included with Prime. Start your free trial See all buying options Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Next Special Offers and Product Promotions Get a $75.00 statement credit after first Amazon.com purchase made with new Discover it® card within 3 months. Terms and conditions apply. See offer for details. Apply now. Editorial Reviews da diverso tempo ormai, il maggiore dell'esercito bennett marco non riesce a dormire. di giorno tiene discorsi ispirati elogiando le gesta del suo plotone nel deserto kuwaitiano e l'eroismo del sergente raymond shaw, che ha ricevuto la medaglia d'onore per aver salvato la pattuglia di marco. ma nottetempo, i ricordi del deserto si trasformano in presagi sinistri e terrificanti. in realta', marco sospetta che le cose non siano andare esattamente come dichiarato nei resoconti ufficiali e che forse shaw non e' il glorioso eroe che tutti pensano. quando shaw intraprende l'avventura politica, candidandosi alla vicepresidenza sotto l'ala protettrice della madre, la discussa senatrice eleanor prentiss shaw, marco decide di verificare i suoi gravi sospetti. ma con i vertici militari che mettono in discussione la sua salute mentale e il cordone della sicurezza che si stringe inesorabilmente intorno a shaw, marco si trovera' a scoprire una verita' scioccante e inimmaginabile prima che la corsa alla casa bianca si concluda.un libro, un film...questo film e' tratto dal libro il candidato della manciuria di condon richard Product Details |
Which film has had sequels entitled The Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome? | Mad Max: What It Takes to Make the Most Intense Movie Ever | WIRED Mad Max: What It Takes to Make the Most Intense Movie Ever subscribe 6 months for $5 - plus a FREE Portable Phone Charger. Slide: 1 / of 4. Caption: Frank Ockenfels 3 Slide: 2 / of 4. Caption: Frank Ockenfels 3 Slide: 3 / of 4. Caption: Caption: Director George Miller and Mel Gibson on set in 1985.Everett Collection Slide: 4 / of 4. Caption: Cars: L-Dopa; Norris & Storyboard: © 2012 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. Author: Logan Hill. Logan Hill Culture Date of Publication: 05.11.15. Time of Publication: 6:00 am. 6:00 am Mad Max: What It Takes to Make the Most Intense Movie Ever © 2012 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. Half a lifetime ago, George Miller unleashed 1979’s Mad Max: a dirt-cheap, postapocalyptic Outback thriller starring Mel Gibson as a badass, leather-clad, hard-driving survivor. The hit film and its sequels, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), revved up the next generation of high-speed action cinema. Miller, now 70, promises his new film, Mad Max: Fury Road, starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, and Nicholas Hoult, will push his dystopian world even further into the future. Frank Ockenfels 3 “In the 30-odd years since,” says Miller, who also directed The Witches of Eastwick, Happy Feet, and Babe, “not only has the world changed, cinema has changed. The way we experience films has changed. And I’ve changed too.” Believing that audiences require ever more spectacular action but, at the same time, that they are desensitized by greenscreen fakery, Miller placed a reported $140 million bet on a film “that is almost a continuous chase,” shot mostly in-camera by a crew of more than 1,000, with real 18-wheelers and monster trucks battling in the Namibian desert. “We couldn’t make it artificial,” Miller says. “We decided to go old-school.” Here’s a look at what it took to realize this epic chase. Max debuted in 1979. Why does he remain such an iconic character? He’s all of us, amplified. Each of us in our own way is looking for meaning in a chaotic world. He’s got that one instinct—to survive. After the first Mad Max, we went to Japan and they said, “We know this character, he’s a ronin, like a samurai.” In Scandinavia they called him a lone, wandering Viking. To others he’s a classic American Western figure. Why is Tom Hardy the right guy to succeed Mel Gibson? Working with animals on the Babe movies, I’ve noticed that they have a tremendous magnetism: Both those guys have that same animal-like quality. They’re warm and accessible and lovable, but there’s something dangerous about them. No matter how still they are, there’s something powerful going on behind the eyes—like a tiger that can claw you to death. It’s hard to understand how you go from the grim postapocalypse of Max to kids’ films like Babe or Happy Feet and back again. What connects it all? It has always been a combination of story and pushing the technology. I bought the book rights to Babe 10 years before it was possible to make the movie. I thought, “If the animals could actually talk … ” Ditto for Happy Feet. Despite the advances in CG, you shot Fury Road as much as possible in-camera with practical effects. Why? It’s not a fantasy film. It doesn’t have dragons and spaceships. It’s a film very rooted to Earth. A kind of crazy demented quality to everyone’s behavior arises out of this extreme, elemental, postapocalyptic world. We needed to make it feel as real as possible. How did you define that reality? All of the catastrophic events we read about in the news—economic collapse, power grids breaking down, wholesale climate change, some nuclear skirmish on the other side of the globe—as of next Wednesday, all of those things will have happened. Then we jump 45 years into the future. There, we have a world that has regressed back to almost medieval behavior. Only the artifacts of the present world survive. For instance, the kind of vehicles we have now, which rely so much on computers, really wouldn’t survive in a postapocalyptic world. But the h |
The Pebbles and Bam Bam Show is a spin-off from which animated series? | The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show | The Flintstones | Fandom powered by Wikia The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show 284pages on File:1207270523 1-1-.jpg animated series spin-off of The Flintstones produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions , which ran for 16 half-hour episodes from September 11, 1971, to September 2, 1972, and four 8-minute episodes (as part of The Flintstone Comedy Hour ) from September 9, 1972, to September 1, 1973, on CBS. Contents [ show ] Synopsis The show followed neighbors Pebbles Flintstone (voiced by Sally Struthers and in Season 2 by Mickey Stevens) and Bamm-Bamm Rubble (voiced by Jay North) as teen sweethearts. The episodes were set mainly in the duo's activities at Bedrock High School in the prehistoric town of Bedrock with their friends Moonrock (the school genius and resident inventor), Penny (a slightly overweight girl obsessed with being thin), Wiggy (who planned her day according to what it said in the daily horoscope and has big feet), snobby Cindy (Pebbles's rival) and her equally snobby boyfriend Fabian, Bad Luck Schleprock (whose favorite catchphrase was, "Oh wowsie wowsie woo woo. Miserable day, isn't it?"), and a motorcycle gang called the Bronto Bunch (Bronto, Noodles, Stub, and Zonk). Bronto's favorite catchphrase was, "Wait for your leader, you dummies!" (said whenever his gang took off without him). Fred , Wilma , Barney , and Betty were also featured on the show in supporting roles. Their favorite hangout was a fast food joint called Brontoburgers'. A running gag that occurred throughout the run of the series was whenever Pebbles came up with an idea (good or not-so-good), she would say, "Yabba Dabba Dooozie!" (a play on her father's, "Yabba Dabba Doo!" from the earlier series) and Bamm Bamm would become exasperated with Pebbles' "crazy hair-brained schemes". Among Bamm Bamm's favorite catchphrases was, "Oh no! She's got that look in her eye!" (said whenever Pebbles came up with one of her nutty ideas). The series was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera , animation directed by Charles A. Nichols, and written by Neal Barbera, Walter Black, Larz Bourne, Tom Dagenais, Bob Ogle, Larry Rhine, Richard Robbins, Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin. A second season of four new 8-minute episodes aired as part of The Flintstone Comedy Hour in 1972; episodes from both seasons were later featured as segments on the syndicated weekday series Fred Flintstone and Friends in 1977. In the late 1980s, repeats were shown on USA Cartoon Express and later resurfaced on Cartoon Network and Boomerang. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained an abridged, inferior laugh track created by the studio. Episodes (The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show) Season 1 (1971–1972) |
Which long running BBC comedy was set in the coastal town of Walmington-On-Sea? | Dad's Army (TV Series 1968–1977) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion. Creator: After a surreal lecture on telling allied parachutists from German ones, the platoon is ordered to pick up a stranded U-boot's crew. Wilson feels live hand-grenades are too dangerous for his hot-head... 8.9 At long last Corporal Jones is marrying Marcia Fox. He asks Mainwaring's permission as his commanding officer, which involves the captain being caught over the phone by his wife having coffee with ... 8.8 It is revealed that Private Godfrey was a Conscientious Objector in the First World war, leading Mainwaring and some of the platoon to brand him as a coward. However, during an exercise in which ... 8.6 a list of 33 titles created 13 Oct 2012 a list of 34 titles created 26 Jul 2013 a list of 35 titles created 28 Jan 2014 a list of 21 titles created 30 Nov 2014 a list of 33 titles created 26 Dec 2015 Search for " Dad's Army " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Title: Dad's Army (1968–1977) 8.1/10 Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. 1 win & 9 nominations. See more awards » Photos The misadventures of a ragtag group of elderly Home Guard local defense volunteers at the onset of WW2. Director: Norman Cohen The prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system. Stars: Ronnie Barker, Brian Wilde, Fulton Mackay The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion. Director: Oliver Parker Arkwright is a tight-fisted shop owner in Doncaster, who will stop at nothing to keep his profits high and his overheads low, even if this means harassing his nephew Granville. Arkwright's ... See full summary » Stars: Ronnie Barker, David Jason, Lynda Baron Long running BBC comedy show consisting of sketches and humourous musical routines involving the large Ronnie Barker and the small Ronnie Corbett. Most sketches involved both men, but ... See full summary » Stars: Ronnie Barker, Ronnie Corbett, The Fred Tomlinson Singers Classic 1960s British comedy series about a middle aged man and his elderly father who run an unsuccessful 'rag and bone' business (collecting and selling junk). Harold (the son) wants to ... See full summary » Stars: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H. Corbett, Frank Thornton Accident-prone Frank Spencer fails to navigate the simplest tasks of daily life, while also trying to look after his wife and baby. Stars: Michael Crawford, Michele Dotrice, Jessica Forte Victor Meldrew is a retiree who attracts bad luck. If he's not driving his long suffering wife Margeret crazy with his constant moaning, he's fighting with neighbors. Stars: Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Doreen Mantle This prison comedy is based on the popular British television series of the same name. Long time Slade prison inmate Fletcher is ordered by Grouty to arrange a football match between the ... See full summary » Director: Dick Clement Popular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long suffering tenants. Stars: Leonard Rossiter, Don Warrington, Frances de la Tour The comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II. Stars: Windsor Davies, Melvyn Hayes, Donald Hewlett In 1967 actor Jimmy Perry shows his friend David Croft the script of a sitcom he has written based on his time in the Home Guard, entitled 'Fighting Ti |
The record ?I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing? was used to advertise which soft drink? | Coke Coca Cola Original I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing - YouTube Coke Coca Cola Original I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Uploaded on May 14, 2007 This is the original one I supposed. Category |
Who played 'Gandhi' in the film of the same name? | Gandhi (1982) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error From $2.99 (SD) on Amazon Video ON DISC Gandhi's character is fully explained as a man of nonviolence. Through his patience, he is able to drive the British out of the subcontinent. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed. Director: a list of 42 titles created 20 Aug 2012 a list of 49 titles created 21 Sep 2013 a list of 26 titles created 14 Nov 2013 a list of 40 titles created 20 Mar 2014 a list of 45 titles created 28 May 2014 Search for " Gandhi " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Won 8 Oscars. Another 27 wins & 20 nominations. See more awards » Videos The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , told by his peer and secret rival Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum. Director: Milos Forman Paul Rusesabagina was a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda. Director: Terry George Two British track athletes, one a determined Jew and the other a devout Christian, compete in the 1924 Olympics. Director: Hugh Hudson The story of the final Emperor of China. Director: Bernardo Bertolucci A young recruit in Vietnam faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man. Director: Oliver Stone The story of T.E. Lawrence , the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks. Director: David Lean Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country. Director: Barry Levinson Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, and 1 more credit » Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania. Director: Michael Cimino When a Jewish prince is betrayed and sent into slavery by a Roman friend, he regains his freedom and comes back for revenge. Director: William Wyler Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. Director: John G. Avildsen Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military. Director: Kevin Costner Edit Storyline In 1893, Gandhi is thrown off a South African train for being an Indian and traveling in a first class compartment. Gandhi realizes that the laws are biased against Indians and decides to start a non-violent protest campaign for the rights of all Indians in South Africa. After numerous arrests and the unwanted attention of the world, the government finally relents by recognizing rights for Indians, though not for the native blacks of South Africa. After this victory, Gandhi is invited back to India, where he is now considered something of a national hero. He is urged to take up the fight for India's independence from the British Empire. Gandhi agrees, and mounts a non-violent non-cooperation campaign of unprecedented scale, coordinating millions of Indians nationwide. There are some setbacks, such as violence against the protesters and Gandhi's occasional imprisonment. Nevertheless, the campaign generates great attention, and Britain faces intense public pressure. Too weak from World ... Written by gavin ([email protected]) His Triumph Changed The World Forever. See more » Genres: 25 February 1983 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Richard Attenborough's Film: Gandhi See more » Filming Locations: Dolby (35 mm prints) (as Dolb |
Which actress played the part of Angie in EastEnders? | [PICS]EastEnders Cast Where Are They Now- 30 Years On By Evoke Reporter - 11/02/2015 Though it feels as if it’s been part of the fabric of life for ever, EastEnders — the soap derided as the Shouting Cockney Show — is only just about to celebrate its 30th birthday. It’s given us many of TV’s most memorable scenes, including the jawdropping row when Den Watts served his wife with divorce papers on Christmas Day, 1987, which ended with booze-sodden, battered Angie swallowing fistfuls of tablets and washing them down with vodka. More than 30 million viewers in Britain alone watched that episode, and many complained it had ruined their Christmas. Perhaps they were right: it started a tradition for massive storylines over the holiday season, leading to shockers such as the Emmerdale plane crash in 1993 and Matthew Crawley’s fatal car smash in Downton Abbey in 2012. But try as they might, no other drama can match EastEnders for its sheer ferocity. There have been so many murders in Albert Square that the UN should declare it a war-zone. The show even opened with the discovery of a body, on February 19, 1985, and 30 years later all the characters are: 1. WENDY RICHARD (Pauline Fowler) SITCOM veteran Wendy also appeared in Are You Being Served?, Dad’s Army and a couple of Carry On films. Our favourite cheeky Cockney was actually born in Middlesbrough, in 1943. The matriarch of Albert Square, her 21 years on the show ended with an on-screen death in 2006. Wendy died from cancer in 2009, aged 65. Then and now: Wendy Richard (Pauline Fowler) pictured with her on-screen husband Arthur (Bill Treacher) in the first year of the soap, 1985 (left) and pictured in 2006 (right) 2. ANNA WING (Lou Beale) LOU was the most formidable character of the original cast, Pauline and Pete’s mother, and a no-nonsense Londoner. Anna, who was 70 when the show began, was also a mighty personality: in the Fifties she had been the lover of poet Philip O’Connor, with whom she had a son. She left the show in 1988, but kept working right up to her death, aged 98, in 2013. Then and now: Anna Wing, who played Lou Beale, was one of the show’s best-loved characters. She left the show in 1988, but kept working right up to her death, aged 98, in 2013 3. LINDA DAVIDSON (Mary Smith) MARY was one of the Square’s most controversial characters — a former punk rock groupie and drug user whose wild lifestyle put her baby’s life at risk. Barely literate, she couldn’t look after her child without her neighbours’ help, and earned her living by prostitution. Actress Linda dated co-star Nejdet Salih and left the show in 1988; now aged 50, she gave up acting to work in internet design and today runs a social media agency. Then and now: Linda Davidson as punk rock groupie Mary Smith in 1986 (left) and today (right) running a social media agency 4. ROSS DAVIDSON (Andy O’Brien) ROSS was a PE teacher who played water polo for Scotland before acting. EastEnders was his first major part — he played the nurse who has an affair with the Vic landlady, Angie Watts. In his final scene, in August 1986, Andy rows with girlfriend Shirley: when she tells him to ‘drop dead’, he stomps out of the house and is flattened by a lorry … making him the first character to be killed off. Ross believed he was dropped because he was dating his co-star Shirley Cheriton. He died from cancer, aged 57, in 2006. Then and now: Ross Davidson’s character Andy O’Brien was the first character to be killed off. Ross believed he was dropped because he was dating his co-star Shirley Cheriton. He died from cancer, aged 57, in 2006. 5. SHIRLEY CHERITON (Debbie Wilkins) DEBBIE was a professional middle-class woman whose East under suspicion for another killing — the death of Lucy Beale. Then and now: Actress Shirley Cheriton, who left EastEnders in 1987, left with Ross Davison, was a favourite of series creator Julia Smith, who had also cast her in the hospital drama Angels. Now 59, she hasn’t appeared on TV since 2009. EastEnders always teeters on the brink of melodrama. But we take it seriously because it has never be |
In mythology, who was 'Pax'? | PAX - the Roman Goddess of Peace (Roman mythology) PAX She is armed with an olive branch and a horn of plenty. She has a Festival on the 30th January, which is always ignored by world leaders. PAX FACTS AND FIGURES Location : Italy and Roman Europe Gender : Female Celebration or Feast Day : Unknown at present Good/Evil Rating : Unknown at present Popularity index : 7096 Cite this Link to this page HTML: To link to this page, just copy and paste the text below into your blog, web page or email. <a href="http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/roman-mythology.php?deity=PAX">Godchecker entry on PAX, the Roman Goddess of Peace</a> BBCODE: To link to this page in a forum post or comment box, just copy and paste the text below: [url=http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/roman-mythology.php?deity=PAX]Godchecker entry on PAX, the Roman Goddess of Peace[/url] Cite this article Here's the info you need to cite this page. Just copy the text in the box below. Saunders, Chas, and Peter J. Allen, eds. "PAX - the Roman Goddess of Peace (Roman mythology)." <em>Godchecker</em>. Godchecker.com / CID, 22 Jan. 2014. Web. 19 January 2017. . 22 January 2014 by the Godchecker Team. Editors: Peter J Allen, Chas Saunders References: Coming soon. |
From what plant is 'tapioca' obtained? | What Is Tapioca? | Wonderopolis Wonder of the Day #511 What Is Tapioca? Where do cassava plants grow? How is tapioca used in cooking? Tags: Listen Mmmm! You might recognize tapioca as those squishy “pearls" that give tapioca pudding and bubble tea their unique taste and texture . But what exactly is tapioca anyway? Tapioca doesn't grow on trees like fruit or in gardens like a vegetable. Instead, it's a starch that's made from the root of a plant whose scientific name is Manihot esculenta. This plant is native to much of South America and the Caribbean, but it is grown worldwide today. The world's main producers of the plant are Brazil, Nigeria and Thailand. It goes by many different names around the world. In the United States, it's commonly called cassava, yuca or simply the tapioca plant. The word tapioca comes from the South American Tupí word — tipi'óka — for the starch . After cassava plants are harvested, their roots are treated to remove toxins found in the plant. The starch is then processed into one of several popular forms: powder, flakes, sticks or ball-shaped “pearls." Tapioca pearls are the most popular form. Tapioca is almost completely free of both protein and gluten . It's mostly carbohydrate with low amounts of saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium. It's a staple food in some areas of the world. People on gluten -free diets often enjoy bread made with tapioca flour. In addition to tapioca pudding and bubble tea, tapioca is often used as a thickening agent when cooking, especially in soups . Because tapioca does not have a strong taste of its own, it can be added to many dishes to thicken them without changing the taste too much. The roots of the cassava plant have another interesting use. Besides making tapioca , the plant's roots can be used to make a substitute for plastic bags that are biodegradable . Wonder Words (13) Take the Wonder Word Challenge Wonder What's Next? We’d love to give you a hint about tomorrow’s Wonder of the Day, but we can’t. It’s a secret! Try It Out Ready to try tapioca? There's no better way to learn more about tapioca than by heading to the kitchen and whipping up some tasty tapioca treats! Grab some friends or family members and get ready to cook. Check the recipes below and make sure you have all the ingredients. If necessary, head to the store to get any supplies you may need. Tasty tapioca pudding is probably the food most people associate with tapioca. Head over to the Food Network website to check out Alton Brown's Tapioca Pudding recipe . What do you think? Do you like tapioca pudding? Does it taste like you thought it would? Another tapioca treat that's starting to become very popular in the U.S., especially in areas with large Asian populations, is bubble tea. Never heard of bubble tea? Just go online to learn How to Make Bubble Tea . You never know. It might be your new favorite! |
Who was the 18th President of the USA from 1869 - 1877? | Ulysses S. Grant | whitehouse.gov Air Force One Ulysses S. Grant In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery. Late in the administration of Andrew Johnson, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant quarreled with the President and aligned himself with the Radical Republicans. He was, as the symbol of Union victory during the Civil War, their logical candidate for President in 1868. When he was elected, the American people hoped for an end to turmoil. Grant provided neither vigor nor reform. Looking to Congress for direction, he seemed bewildered. One visitor to the White House noted "a puzzled pathos, as of a man with a problem before him of which he does not understand the terms." Born in 1822, Grant was the son of an Ohio tanner. He went to West Point rather against his will and graduated in the middle of his class. In the Mexican War he fought under Gen. Zachary Taylor. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Grant was working in his father's leather store in Galena, Illinois. He was appointed by the Governor to command an unruly volunteer regiment. Grant whipped it into shape and by September 1861 he had risen to the rank of brigadier general of volunteers. He sought to win control of the Mississippi Valley. In February 1862 he took Fort Henry and attacked Fort Donelson. When the Confederate commander asked for terms, Grant replied, "No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted." The Confederates surrendered, and President Lincoln promoted Grant to major general of volunteers. At Shiloh in April, Grant fought one of the bloodiest battles in the West and came out less well. President Lincoln fended off demands for his removal by saying, "I can't spare this man--he fights." For his next major objective, Grant maneuvered and fought skillfully to win Vicksburg, the key city on the Mississippi, and thus cut the Confederacy in two. Then he broke the Confederate hold on Chattanooga. Lincoln appointed him General-in-Chief in March 1864. Grant directed Sherman to drive through the South while he himself, with the Army of the Potomac, pinned down Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Finally, on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Lee surrendered. Grant wrote out magnanimous terms of surrender that would prevent treason trials. As President, Grant presided over the Government much as he had run the Army. Indeed he brought part of his Army staff to the White House. Although a man of scrupulous honesty, Grant as President accepted handsome presents from admirers. Worse, he allowed himself to be seen with two speculators, Jay Gould and James Fisk. When Grant realized their scheme to corner the market in gold, he authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to sell enough gold to wreck their plans, but the speculation had already wrought havoc with business. During his campaign for re-election in 1872, Grant was attacked by Liberal Republican reformers. He called them "narrow-headed men," their eyes so close together that "they can look out of the same gimlet hole without winking." The General's friends in the Republican Party came to be known proudly as "the Old Guard." Grant allowed Radical Reconstruction to run its course in the South, bolstering it at times with military force. After retiring from the Presidency, Grant became a partner in a financial firm, which went bankrupt. About that time he learned that he had cancer of the throat. He started writing his recollections to pay off his debts and provide for his family, racing against death to produce a memoir that ultimately earned nearly $450,000. Soon after completing the last page, in 1885, he died. The Presidential biographies on WhiteHouse.gov are from “The Presidents of the United States of America,” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. Copyright 2006 by the White House Historical Association |
What is the name of the canal linking Lake Erie and Lake Ontario in Canada? | Lake Erie Facts and Figures Lake Erie is the eleventh largest lake in the world (by surface area), and the fourth largest of the Great Lakes in surface area and the smallest by volume. Ninety-five percent of Lake Erie's total inflow of water comes via the Detroit River water from all the "upper lakes" -- Superior, Michigan and Huron -- the St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair and numerous tributaries. The rest comes from precipitation. Lake Erie is the shallowest of the Great Lakes and is especially vulnerable to fluctuating water levels. Wind setups (wind pushing the water from one end of the lake toward the other), usually from west to east, have produced large short- term differences in water levels at the eastern and western ends of the lake, the record being more than 16 ft (4.88 m). The water provided by Lake Erie for waterborne commerce, navigation, manufacturing, and power production has led to intensive industrial development along its shore, but the basin's moderate temperatures have also encouraged recreation and agriculture. Lake Erie is the warmest and most biologically productive of the Great Lakes, and the Lake Erie walleye fishery is widely considered the best in the world. Point Pelee National Park in Lake Erie is the southernmost point on Canada's mainland. References: Great Lakes Atlas , 1995, Environment Canada and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Lake Erie brochure, 1990, Michigan Sea Grant LENGTH: 241 miles / 388 km BREADTH: 57 miles / 92 km AVERAGE DEPTH: 62 ft. / 19 m. MAXIMUM DEPTH: 210 ft. / 64 m. VOLUME: 116 cubic miles / 484 cubic km. WATER SURFACE AREA: 9,910 sq. miles / 25,700 sq. km. TOTAL DRAINAGE BASIN AREA: 30,140 sq. miles / 78,000 sq. km. DRAINAGE BASIN AREA BY STATE/PROVINCE: Indiana: 1300 sq mi; 3300 sq km Michigan: 5800 sq mi; 15,100 sq km New York: 1600 sq mi; 4200 sq km Ohio: 11,700 sq mi; 30,400 sq km Ontario: 8800 sq mi; 22,800 sq km Pennsylvania: 500 sq mi; 1400 sq km SHORELINE LENGTH (including islands): 871 miles / 1,402 km. ELEVATION: 569 ft. / 173 m. OUTLET: Niagara River and Welland Canal RETENTION/REPLACEMENT TIME: 2.6 years (shortest of the Great Lakes) NAME: The greater part of its southern shore was at one time occupied by a nation known to the Iroquois League as the "Erielhonan," or the "long-tails," a tribe of Indians from which the lake derived its name. This name is always mentioned by the early French writers as meaning "cat"; Lac du Chat means "Lake of the Cat." Many attribute this reference to the wild cat or panther. References: Great Lakes Atlas , Environment Canada and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1995 |
What name is given to the sea stretching from Australia to New Zealand? | Abel Janszoon Tasman - New Zealand in History The first European to discover New Zealand Often, for pastime, mariners will ensnare The albatross, that vast sea-bird who sweeps On high companionable pinion where Their vessel glides upon the bitter deeps. "The Albatross" - Charles Baudelaire "Towards noon we saw a large high lying land, bearing south-east of us" Abel Janszoon Tasman Abel Janszoon Tasman was born in the village of Lutjegast, in today's province of Groningen in the Netherlands, in 1603. Little is known of Tasman's early life, and no portraits of him exist. In 1632 he married Jannetje Tjaerts. He was already a widower at the time, and was recorded as being an ordinary sailor - "vaerentgesel" - and that he lived in a street in Amsterdam called Teerketelsteeg. In 1633 Tasman signed up with the Dutch East India Company (Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie or VOC). The East India Company was managed by a board of seventeen - "de Heeren XVII" - the Lords Seventeen - and was appointed by Chambers in the principal trading towns. Eight Chambers were situated in Amsterdam, and four Chambers were in Zealand, a maritime province of the Netherlands. On signing up with the Company, Tasman left for the East to fulfil a three year contract. In 1638, he left the Netherlands for Batavia, (today's Djakarta, Indonesia) in command of the ship "Engel", this time on a ten year contract. His wife accompanied him. Batavia had grown to be a rich city, and here, from this good vantage point in the East Indies, the East India Company was successful and powerful - not lacking in wealth, men or ships. On 13th August 1642 Tasman received instructions to find the mysterious and supposedly rich Southern Continent, which had been eluding and tempting explorers for centuries. This unknown land, Terra Australis Incognita, was said to stretch across the Pacific. Tasman's instructions were to take possession of all continents and islands discovered and set foot on in the course of his voyage "on behalf of their High Mightinesses the States-General of the United Provinces". Two ships were prepared for the voyage : the "Zeehaen", a flute, (a long, narrow ship - like a flute - with a rounded stern and three masts) of 100 tons carrying 50 men, and the "Heemskerck", the flagship, a small warship of around 60 tons and carrying 60 men. The celebrated pilot, hydrographer and surveyor, Frans (Franchoys) Jacobszoon Visscher accompanied Tasman. On 13th December 1642, the coast of New Zealand came into view, and Tasman noted in his journal "groot hooch verheven landt" (a large land, uplifted high). Tasman named this land "Staten Landt", which refers to the "Land of the (Dutch) States-General." The area of New Zealand which Tasman sighted was in the vicinity of the coast between modern Hokitika and Okarito, on the west coast of the South Island. Tasman thought, but was not sure, that he may have discovered the western edge of the land discovered in the South Atlantic Ocean in 1616 by his fellow countrymen, Willem Schouten and Isaac Le Maire. (Le Maire Strait, or Estrecho de la Maire, is situated to the south of Chile, between Terra des Fuego and Estados.) At the time, this was believed to have been part of the northern tip of the Southern Continent. Tasman noted this in his journal : "To this land we have given the name of Staten Landt, in honour of Their High Mightinesses the States-General, since it could be quite possible that this land |
Which British Prime Minister died whilst in office in 1865 aged 80 years? | A Point of View: Is it better to have leaders who are too old or too young? - BBC News BBC News A Point of View: Is it better to have leaders who are too old or too young? 5 May 2015 Close share panel Image copyright PA At the start of this election campaign, none of the leaders of the main British political parties was older than 50. Some political eras favour younger leaders, and some prefer the experience of age - but which is better, asks the historian David Cannadine. During the last few days, I've been pondering some remarks by David Brooks, an American journalist and New York Times columnist, though I haven't been thinking about their implications in quite the way he probably intended. He's just published a book entitled The Road To Character, in which he exhorts his readers to be less concerned with the achievements and the trappings of worldly success but instead to devote more time and effort to exploring and improving their inner selves. In the course of a recent interview about his book, Brooks made this observation: "We get better at life as we get older," by which he meant that age brings with it a certain amount of maturity, perspective and thus self-knowledge, which might help us rethink and reconsider our long-term goals and priorities. Since all of us are indeed getting older, all of the time, we surely have a vested interest in hoping that Brooks may be correct. But in the context of our current general election, and of the seven party leaders who are fighting it, his words also open up some interesting perspectives and challenging thoughts. The notion that only relatively young people can or should make it to the top in politics is a fairly recent development Consider in this regard the politicians who debated the future of our country on television at the beginning of the campaign. The most venerable of them was Nigel Farage, who was born in 1964, and who celebrated his 51st birthday just a day after the magnificent seven appeared together on our screens. The youngest of them was Leanne Wood, the leader of Plaid Cymru, who was born in 1971 and who will only reach the age of 44 this December. All the remaining five participants entered the world between 1966 and 1970 - Natalie Bennett, the leader of the Greens, is 49, both David Cameron and Nick Clegg are 48, Ed Miliband is next at 45 and Nicola Sturgeon is 44. So there we have them - seven party leaders, all them born within no more than seven years of each other. But this is more than just an extraordinary chronological coincidence, for with an average age of forty-seven, none of them can possibly be described as yet being old. Image copyright Reuters Image caption The leaders' debate, April 2015 It's also true that there are some significant precedents for British political leaders being no more than middle-aged. The aptly named Pitt the Younger became prime minister in 1783 when he was only 24, and he held the office almost continuously until his death in 1806, when he'd scarcely reached the same age that David Cameron and Nick Clegg are now. And for much of that time, Pitt's foremost opponent was Charles James Fox, who was only 10 years older than he was. During the 1780s and 1790s, British politics was very much a young man's game, and the same was true for much of the 1960s and early 1970s, when Harold Wilson became prime minister in his late 40s and Edward Heath in his early 50s. That was indeed a turning point, for since Wilson and Heath, most British prime ministers have been on the young side. John Major and Tony Blair were in their mid-40s when they entered 10 Downing Street, while Margaret Thatcher and Gordon Brown were not all that much older. Dates and ages of prime ministers Prime minister 43 54 (resigned) From this perspective, there's nothing particularly surprising or novel about the seven youthful figures who are currently in charge of Britain's political parties. But taking a longer view, the notion that only relatively young people can or should make it to the top in politics is a fairly recent development. For most of the 19th |
Who fronted the band Culture Club? | Culture Club Tour Dates, Concerts & Tickets – Songkick See all past concerts (143) Biography Culture Club is one of the most enigmatic and popular bands spawned from the 80s New Romantic movement. With their innovative and bold dress sensibilities and infectiously catchy pop songs the band proved to be immensely popular with the public as well as the press. Hailing from England, Culture Club consists of frontman/vocalist Boy George, bassist Mikey Craig, guitarist/keyboardist Roy Hay, and drummer Jon Moss. The group were a smashing success in their homeland, but perhaps had an even stronger impact in the United States. The group had 10 singles that made it in to the US Top 40s chart and were considered emblematic of 80s pop in the states. This notion was only crystalized through the incessant exposure they received through MTV. Their video “It’s a Miracle was nominated for two “MTV Video Music Awards”. The band not only experienced incredible commercial recognition they were highly acclaimed in the critical circles as well . In 1984 the group won Best New Artist at the Grammys, the Brit Award for Best British Group and they picked up Best British Single for “Karma Chameleon”. Before the formation of Culture Club, Boy George would regularly attend the Blitz Club (a venue frequented by glam rock band Bow Wow Wow). Boy George would sometimes accompany Bow Wow Wow under the moniker Lieutenant Lush. Once this stint ended he formed a band of his own called the Culture Club. The group’s name derived from the idiosyncratic and disparate cultural status of each member. Boy George is an Irish transvestite, Craig is black, Hay is an Anglo-Saxon, and Moss is of Jewish descent. However the band’s diversity proved to be one of their biggest assets. They melded calypso, disco, balladry, reggae and synth-pop into a cohesive and entirely captivating sound. Virgin Records saw the groups potential and became the band’s distributor in the UK while Epic Records handled their album releases in the United States. “Do You Want to Hurt Me” became the band’s first major hit driving up to the very top of the UK and US charts. It juxtaposed dirge like balladry with uptempo reggae dub and was an undeniably original and accessible piece of music. This hit was soon followed by two additional chart climbing singles “Time (Clock of the Heart) and “I’ll Tumble 4 Ya”. These 3 singles made Culture Club the first group since the Beatles to have 3 Top Ten hits in America from a debut album. The band followed up their debut with an equally popular sophomore release “Colour by Numbers”. It reached number 1 on the UK charts and Number 2 on the US Charts. The album contained “Karma Chameleon” the group’s biggest hit to date as well as one of the most definitive pop songs of the 80s. The album has been recognized as one of the best albums of the 80s by Rolling Stone magazine and has also been included in the book “10001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die”. The band saw a decrease in popularity after the release of their 1984 album “Waking Up with the House on Fire”. While this album houses excellent material its commercial and critical success was pale in comparison to the massive impact their first two albums made. Culture Club’s popularity continued to dwindle as the members experienced internal problems within the band and extreme tension place on them from the record label. Their 1986 release “From Luxury to Heartache” proved to be the band’s last album before calling it quits; however, the group did reunite and put out the album “Don’t Mind If I Do” 13 years later. The group has continued to record and tour since this formation, but have done so inconsistently. The band still continues to be a massive influence on up and coming musicians and have inspired highly inventive and likeminded artists such as Antony Hegarty of Antony & The Johnsons. Live reviews Culture Club Back in 2002, Culture Club's Royal Albert Hall performance for the 20th Anniversary Reunion Concert was something really special to experience. Their triple platinum 10 million copy selling sec |
Which is more substantial, Afternoon Tea or High Tea? | High Tea and Afternoon Tea -- What is the Difference? Tea Resources "High Tea" and "Afternoon Tea" The "tea meals" referred to as high tea and afternoon tea originally started as social dining traditions in England and then spread to other English speaking countries in differing forms. The primary distinction between differing tea meals is the time of day, food served, and the location of the tea meal, according to Marcus Stout, president of Golden Moon Tea Company. Afternoon Tea Afternoon tea, which is also referred to as low tea, includes a light meal typically eaten around 4:00 p.m. Traditionally, the tea and food are served on a lounge (or low) table, which is where it gets its name. Loose tea is brewed and served in a teapot with milk and sugar. The tea is usually accompanied by a variety of sandwiches that may include cucumber, egg and cress, tuna, ham, and/or smoked salmon. Scones (with butter, clotted cream and jam), cakes and pastries are typically served, as well. While afternoon tea used to be an everyday event in certain cultures, in current times it is more likely to be a treat in a hotel, café, or tea shop. Although, some individuals still have a cup of tea and slice of cake or chocolate at tea time. Accordingly, many hotels now market and promote afternoon teas. High Tea As an early evening meal with tea served typically eaten between 5:00 and 6:00 p.m., this tea serves as a substitute for both afternoon tea and the more substantial evening meal. The term comes from the meal being eaten at the "high" or main dining table, instead of the smaller lounge or low table. Cold meats, eggs and/or fish, cakes and sandwiches are integral to the meal. Though in a family setting, it is less formal and may include small sandwiches, cookies, pastry, and fruit. Like Low Tea, this tea meal tradition is no longer a daily standard and has been replaced by a more substantial meal that is served later in the day. In recent years, high tea somehow became a word for exquisite afternoon tea. In traditional terms, this is not correct. Excerpts from article by Marcus Stout, president of Golden Moon Tea Company . Related Information - High Tea |
What does a bad workman always blame? | A bad workman blames his tools - Idioms by The Free Dictionary A bad workman blames his tools - Idioms by The Free Dictionary http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/A+bad+workman+blames+his+tools A bad workman blames his tools a bad workman blames his tools If someone performs a job or task poorly or unsuccessfully, he or she will usually lay the blame on the quality of his or her equipment, or other such external factors, rather than take responsibility for his or her own failure. When Mary blamed the oven for burning the turkey on Thanksgiving, her husband jokingly replied, "a bad workman always blames his tools." |
In which soap would you find a garage known as The Arches? | EastEnders - Mirror TV EastEnders A BBC soap opera that first landed on our screens in 1985, EastEnders continues to be one of the biggest shows on TV. It has also starred huge names including Barbara Windsor, Mike Reid and Leslie Grantham as the famous Dirty Den. It's particularly known for its dramatic Christmas scenes, which usually take place in the Queen Vic. |
What is an Alto Cumulus? | Altocumulus Clouds - Windows to the Universe Cloud Formation Due to Weather Fronts Altocumulus Altocumulus clouds are part of the Middle Cloud group (2000-7000m up). They are grayish-white with one part of the cloud darker than the other. Altocumulus clouds usually form in groups and are about 1 km thick. Altocumulus clouds are about as wide as your thumb when you hold up your hand at arm's length to look at the cloud. If you see altocumulus clouds on a warm humid morning, then expect thunderstorms by late afternoon. Last modified September 25, 2007 by Becca Hatheway . Shop Windows to the Universe Science Store! Cool It! is the new card game from the Union of Concerned Scientists that teaches kids about the choices we have when it comes to climate change�and how policy and technology decisions made today will matter. Cool It! is available in our online store . Windows to the Universe Community News |
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Which is the busiest passenger ferry port in England? | Ferries to England - Compare ferry routes and prices Dover - France short breaks from just £65 return View Offer Western France short breaks from just £118 return View Offer 10% off ferries to Holland when you book early View Offer Sail to Spain from just £260 with Brittany Ferries View Offer Half price Flexi upgrade to Calais with P&O Ferries View Offer Ferries to England With a culturally diverse population of around 53 million, England is divided into nine regions, and then organised by counties, districts, cities and towns. The capital city, London, is the most densely populated area in the entire United Kingdom, with around 13 million inhabitants; it is the centre for trade, politics and law, and is also a huge tourist hotspot with plenty of attractions, outdoor spaces, iconic monuments and historic buildings. As an Island, England and the United Kingdom as a whole is a great destination to arrive at by ferry with a good choice of ports dotted around the country. Portsmouth International ferry port, which provides a hub for those arriving directly from the Isle of Wight, France, Spain and the Channel Islands and is one of the first ‘green’ terminals in the UK. In addition to Portsmouth, the ports of Plymouth and Newhaven also provide a gateway to England from France, Spain and the Channel Islands. The world’s busiest passenger ferry port is in Dover, located on the very eastern tip of the south coast. Around 16 million passengers pass through Dover Port annually travelling from Calais and Dunkirk, both of which provide excellent links from mainland Europe. The cross channel ferries to Dover are generally the fastest, most frequent and cheapest route into the country with crossings operated by large modern ships. For those looking for a quicker, though more expensive option, there is also the channel tunnel to consider. For those looking to travel across the North Sea from Holland or Germany, the most direct route is to Harwich from the Hook of Holland. The service is operated by the Stena Line 'Super ferries' and operates twice daily, all year round. There are also daily overnight services to the north of England from Amsterdam to Newcastle and Rotterdam and Zeebrugge to Hull. These conveniently scheduled overnight crossings take place on board well equipped cruise ferries and allow you to arrive refreshed and ready for the onward journey. If you’re travelling to England from across the Irish Sea, there are crossings from Dublin and Belfast to Liverpool though as both crossings take around 8 hours, depending on your final destination it may be better to sail via Wales or Scotland as the crossings are faster and more frequent. Options include sailing from Dublin or Rosslare in Ireland to the Welsh ports of Holyhead, Fishguard and Pembroke or from the Northern Irish ports of Belfast and Larne to the Scottish ports of Cairnryan and Troon. In all cases, the crossings are operated by modern ferries with excellent facilities. Read More Read Less |
What weapons are used in fencing? | Weapons Weapons Learn to Fence Weapons Foil, epee and saber are the three weapons used in the sport of fencing. While it is not unusual for fencers to compete in all three events, an athlete typically chooses to hone their skills in one weapon. Foil – The Sport of Kings The foil is a descendant of the light court sword formally used by nobility to train for duels. The foil has a flexible rectangular blade, approximately 35 inches in length and weighs less than one pound. Points are scored with the tip of the blade and must land within the torso of the body. The valid target area in foil is the torso from the shoulders to the groin in the front and to the waist in the back. It does not include the arms, neck, head and legs. This concept of on‐target and off‐target evolved from the theory of 18th‐ century fencing masters who instructed their pupils to only attack the vital areas of the body – i.e. the torso. Of course, the head is also a vital area of the body, but attacks to the face were considered unsporting and therefore discouraged. The foil fencer’s uniform includes a metallic vest (called a lamé), which covers the valid target area so that a valid touch will register on the scoring machine. The flexible nature of the foil blade permits the modern elite foil fencer to attack an opponent from seemingly impossible angles. Epee – Freestyle Fencing The epee (pronounced “EPP‐pay,” meaning sword in French), the descendant of the dueling sword, is similar in length to the foil, but is heavier, weighing approximately 27 ounces, with a larger guard (to protect the hand from a valid hit) and a much stiffer blade. Touches are scored only with the point of the blade, and the entire body, head‐to‐toe, is the valid target area, imitating an actual duel. A full‐body target naturally makes epee a competition of careful strategy and patience – wild, rash attacks are quickly punished with solid counter‐attacks. Therefore, rather than attacking outright, epeeists often spend several minutes probing their opponent’s defenses and maneuvering for distance before risking an attack. Others choose to stay on the defensive throughout the entire bout. 1996 was the first Olympics to feature team and individual women’s epee events. Saber – Hack and Slash The saber is the modern version of the slashing cavalry sword, and is similar in length and weight to the foil. The major difference is the use of the blade. The saber is a cutting weapon as well as a thrusting weapon; therefore, saberists can score with the edge of their blade as well as their point. The target area is from the bend of the hips (both front and back), to the top of the head. This simulates the cavalry rider on a horse. The saber fencers’ uniform includes a metallic jacket (lamé), which fully covers the target area to register a valid touch on the scoring machine. Because the head is valid target area, the fencer’s mask is also electrically wired. If epee is the weapon of patient, defensive strategy, then saber is its polar opposite. In saber, the rules of right‐of‐way strongly favor the fencer who attacks first, and a mere graze by the blade against the lamé registers a touch with the scoring machine. These circumstances naturally make saber a fast, aggressive game, with fencers rushing their opponent from the moment the referee gives the instruction to fence. Athens was the first Olympics to feature a Women’s Saber event. ©2017 USA Fencing / SportsEngine . All Rights Reserved. |
Which golfer Jack was nicknamed 'The Golden Bear'? | ARMCHAIR GOLF BLOG: The Man Who Nicknamed Jack The Golden Bear Thursday, May 29 The Man Who Nicknamed Jack The Golden Bear THEY CALLED HIM FAT JACK. Early in his career, a serious, heavy-set Jack Nicklaus was the villain, an object of open scorn on the PGA Tour, especially at Grand Slam events such as the 1962 U.S. Open at Oakmont. Ten years older and the undisputed king of golf, the charismatic Arnold Palmer was universally adored, the people’s hero. It didn’t stop the highly focused, methodical and talented Nicklaus from usurping Palmer’s throne to become the game’s top player by the mid 1960s. By the time the 1967 U.S. Open was played at Baltusrol, Jack had a growing fan base and a new nickname coined by an Australian sportswriter named Don Lawrence. Referring to Jack’s blonde mane and hefty physique, “The Golden Bear” stuck. “The notion of a growling bear sat well with Jack, who was self-conscious about his high-pitched voice,” writes Ian O’Connor in Arnie & Jack. Jack’s Memorial Tournament began today in Dublin, Ohio. Matthew Goggin leads with a 65. −The Armchair Golfer |
In which Scottish City would you find Sauchiehall Street? | Sauchiehall Street Shopping in Glasgow | | People Make Glasgow Add to Itinerary First, an apology. Saw-kee-hall - it's really not the easiest of names for non-Glaswegians to say. Yet, once the pronounciation has been mastered Sauchiehall Street is a place you may want to head for its impressive array of popular brands. Everyone from the legendary Watt Brothers and M&S to TK Maxx is here, plus value retailers including Primark , BHS , Dunnes Stores and Deichman Shoes . Beyond all this cost-effective temptation, you'll find the only BoConcept showroom in Scotland - the ultimate destination for contemporary furniture in this part of the style mile. |
Which musician was known as 'Satchmo'? | Louis Armstrong Biography (Jazz Musician) Died: 6 July 1971 (heart attack) Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana Best known as: The charismatic jazz trumpeter who recorded "Hello Dolly" Louis Armstrong was the most famous jazz trumpeter of the 20th century. Like Jelly Roll Morton , Armstrong began playing in New Orleans clubs and saloons in his early teens. By the 1920s Armstrong was touring the country and leading his own band, the Hot Five (later the Hot Seven). He continued to tour and record throughout his life and was particularly famous for his innovative, loose-limbed improvisations; some call him the first great jazz improvisor. His gravelly voice and sunny persona were a hit with the non-jazz public, and later in his career he became a sort of cheerful ambassador of jazz, even appearing as himself (more or less) in movies like High Society (1956, with his good friend Bing Crosby and starlet Grace Kelly ) and Hello, Dolly! (1969, with Barbra Streisand ). The theme song from the latter film became his most widely-known recording. Extra credit: Armstrong’s nickname Satchmo was an abbreviation of “satchelmouth,” a joke on the size of his mouth… He was also nicknamed Gatemouth, Dippermouth, Dip, and simply Pops… Armstrong was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an “early influence” in 1990… In 2001 the city of New Orleans renamed its airport as Louis Armstrong International Airport… Armstrong is credited with influencing trumpeters as diverse as Dizzy Gillespie , Miles Davis and Wynton Marsalis . Copyright © 1998-2017 by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved. |
Which royal was once married to Lord Snowden? | Lord Snowdon, his women, and his love child - Telegraph The Royal Family Lord Snowdon, his women, and his love child As revealed by The Sunday Telegraph earlier this year, Lord Snowdon has been co-operating on a sensational book likely to outrage the Royal Family. 'I am now happy for people to know about my life and I want to put the record straight on some things,' he tells Andrew Alderson. By Andrew Alderson, Chief Reporter 11:21PM BST 31 May 2008 It was while Princess Margaret was attending a high-society party in New York that the hostess asked her politely how the Queen was keeping. "Which one?" she is reported to have replied with her typically razor-sharp wit. "My sister, my mother or my husband?" The remark said it all about the extraordinary married life that the Queen's younger sister was pursuing in the mid-1960s with the Earl of Snowdon, a commoner affectionately dubbed the "first royal rebel" because of his disdain for convention. The couple had married in May 1960 and their louche and, at times, reckless lifestyle of drug- and alcohol-fuelled affairs – and their fondness for mixing with actors, artists and pop stars – meant that the couple came to epitomise the "Swinging Sixties". Now a semi-authorised biography of Lord Snowdon – to be published on June 12 – will reveal the full extent of the couple's hedonistic, some would say debauched, life together. Snowdon: The Biography has been given a stamp of authority because – as The Sunday Telegraph revealed in January – he has secretly spent four years co-operating with a project that promises to be the most sensational book on the Royal Family in recent times. His frankness about his extramarital affairs, his refusal to deny persistent rumours that he is bisexual and the fact that the book is being published during his lifetime are expected to raise eyebrows among some senior members of the Royal Family, who prefer a "never complain, never explain" approach towards the public. Related Articles Lord Snowdon fathered a secret love child just months before marrying Princess Margaret 31 May 2008 Official biographies of senior members of the Royal Family are traditionally published after their deaths to spare embarrassment to the subjects of the book, and their family and friends. However, Lord Snowdon, now 78, has preferred to tell his remarkable story publicly during his own lifetime. "I am now happy for people to know about my life and I want to put the record straight on some things," he told me recently at his stylish west London home, where some of the best-known photographs of his half-century-long career adorn many walls. He revealed that he had met Anne de Courcy, the book's author, on numerous occasions and had allowed her access to his letters and papers. While remaining loyal to the memory of Princess Margaret, he also encouraged his own friends and friends of the Princess to talk freely to Ms de Courcy. Lord Snowdon seems to have agreed that there should be no "no-go areas": he has been willing to talk about his troubled marriage, his bitter rift with one of Princess Margaret's closest friends and other controversial areas of his occasionally bizarre life. For many, the book's greatest interest will be in Lord Snowdon's tangled – and at times tragic – love life. The book claims that he fathered an illegitimate child just months before marrying Princess Margaret, in May 1960. Polly Fry, a member of the Fry chocolate dynasty, was born on May 28, 1960, when Lord Snowdon and the Queen's younger sister were on the third week of their honeymoon. However, it was only in 2004 – when Lord Snowdon was 74 – that he apparently went along with her request to have a DNA test. Polly Fry is understood to have become troubled by persistent rumours that Lord Snowdon – not Jeremy Fry – was her biological father. "When you reach a certain stage in your life, you just want to know…" she once said. Sure enough, the DNA tests – using two saliva samples – are said to have revealed that Miss Fry, now Polly Higson, had been fathered by Princess Margaret's former husband. Today |
What was discovered in Klondike, Canada, in 1896? | Gold discovered in the Yukon - Aug 16, 1896 - HISTORY.com This Day In History: 08/16/1896 - Gold Discovered in Yukon In a This Day in History video, host Russ Mitchell takes us through the history of August 16th. On this day in 1829, Chang and Eng Bunker, a pair of conjoined twins from Siam, arrived in Boston to be put on exhibition. On this day in 1868, T.E. Lawrence, the British soldier who gained fame as Lawrence of Arabia, was born. On this day in 1988, George H.W. Bush picked Dan Quail to be his running mate on the Republican presidential ticket. Also, on this day in 1896, George Carmack struck gold while fishing near the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory; at last, the Gold Rush was on. Lead Story Gold discovered in the Yukon Share this: Gold discovered in the Yukon Author Gold discovered in the Yukon URL Publisher A+E Networks While salmon fishing near the Klondike River in Canada’s Yukon Territory on this day in 1896, George Carmack reportedly spots nuggets of gold in a creek bed. His lucky discovery sparks the last great gold rush in the American West. Hoping to cash in on reported gold strikes in Alaska, Carmack had traveled there from California in 1881. After running into a dead end, he headed north into the isolated Yukon Territory, just across the Canadian border. In 1896, another prospector, Robert Henderson, told Carmack of finding gold in a tributary of the Klondike River. Carmack headed to the region with two Native American companions, known as Skookum Jim and Tagish Charlie. On August 16, while camping near Rabbit Creek, Carmack reportedly spotted a nugget of gold jutting out from the creek bank. His two companions later agreed that Skookum Jim–Carmack’s brother-in-law–actually made the discovery. Regardless of who spotted the gold first, the three men soon found that the rock near the creek bed was thick with gold deposits. They staked their claim the following day. News of the gold strike spread fast across Canada and the United States, and over the next two years, as many as 50,000 would-be miners arrived in the region. Rabbit Creek was renamed Bonanza, and even more gold was discovered in another Klondike tributary, dubbed Eldorado. “Klondike Fever” reached its height in the United States in mid-July 1897 when two steamships arrived from the Yukon in San Francisco and Seattle, bringing a total of more than two tons of gold. Thousands of eager young men bought elaborate “Yukon outfits” (kits assembled by clever marketers containing food, clothing, tools and other necessary equipment) and set out on their way north. Few of these would find what they were looking for, as most of the land in the region had already been claimed. One of the unsuccessful gold-seekers was 21-year-old Jack London, whose short stories based on his Klondike experience became his first book, The Son of the Wolf (1900). For his part, Carmack became rich off his discovery, leaving the Yukon with $1 million worth of gold. Many individual gold miners in the Klondike eventually sold their stakes to mining companies, who had the resources and machinery to access more gold. Large-scale gold mining in the Yukon Territory didn’t end until 1966, and by that time the region had yielded some $250 million in gold. Today, some 200 small gold mines still operate in the region. Related Videos |
What wartime position did General Montgomery assume in 1942? | World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery. Photograph Courtesy of the National Archives & Records Administration Second Battle of El Alamein - Conflict: The Second Battle of El Alamein was fought during World War II . Armies & Commanders: The fighting at Second El Alamein raged from October 23, 1942 until November 5, 1942. Second Battle of El Alamein - Background: In the wake of its victory at the Battle of Gazala (May-June, 1942), Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Panzer Army Africa pressed British forces back across North Africa. Retreating to within 50 miles of Alexandria, General Claude Auchinleck was able to stop the Italo-German offensive at El Alamein in July . A strong position, the El Alamein line ran 40 miles from the coast to the impassable Quattara Depression. While both sides paused to rebuild their forces, Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Cairo and decided to make command changes. Auchinleck was replaced as Commander-in-Chief Middle East by General Sir Harold Alexander , while the 8th Army was given to Lieutenant General William Gott. Before he could take command, Gott was killed when the Luftwaffe shot down his transport. As a result, command of the 8th Army was assigned to Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery. Moving forward, Rommel attacked Montgomery's lines at the Battle of Alam Halfa (August 30-September 5) but was repulsed. Choosing to take a defensive stance, Rommel fortified his position and placed over 500,000 mines, many of which were anti-tank types. Second Battle of El Alamein - Monty's Plan: Due to the depth of Rommel's defenses, Montgomery carefully planned his assault. The new offensive called for infantry to advance across the minefields (Operation Lightfoot) which would allow engineers to open two routes through for the armor. After clearing the mines, the armor would reform while the infantry defeated the initial Axis defenses. Across the lines, Rommel's men were suffering from a severe lack of supplies and fuel. With the bulk of German war materials going to the Eastern Front , Rommel was forced to rely on capture Allied supplies. His health failing, Rommel took leave to Germany in September. Second Battle of El Alamein - The Allies Attack: On the night of October 23, 1942, Montgomery began a heavy 5-hour bombardment of the Axis lines. Behind this, 4 infantry divisions from XXX Corps advanced over the mines (the men did not weigh enough to trip the anti-tank mines) with the engineers working behind them. By 2:00 AM the armored advance began, however progress was slow and traffic jams developed. The assault was supported by diversionary attacks to the south. As dawn approached, the German defense was hampered by the loss of Rommel's temporary replacement, Lieutenant General Georg Stumme, who died of a heart attack. Taking control of the situation, Major-General Ritter von Thoma coordinated counterattacks against the advancing British infantry. Though their advance was bogged down, the British defeated these assaults and the first major tank engagement of the battle was fought. Having opened a six mile wide and five mile deep inroad into Rommel's position, Montgomery began shifting forces north to inject life into the offensive. Over the next week, the bulk of the fighting occurred in the north near a kidney-shaped depression and Tel el Eisa. Returning, Rommel found his army stretched with only three days of fuel remaining. Moving divisions up from the south, Rommel quickly found that they lacked the fuel to withdraw, leaving them exposed in the open. On October 26, this situation worsened when Allied aircraft sank a German tanker near Tobruk. Despite Rommel's hardships, Montgomery continued to have difficulty breaking through as Axis anti-tank guns mounted a stubborn defense. Two days later, Australian troops advanced northwest of Tel el Eisa towards Thompson's Post in an attempt to break through near the coast road. On the night of October 30, they succeeded in rea |
What began operating at Calder Hall in 1956? | Engineering Timelines - Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station Calder Hall Nuclear Power Station Sellafield site, north of Seascale, Cumbria, UK associated engineer date 1953 - 17th October 1956 era Modern | category Power Generation | reference NY032039 Calder Hall, now undergoing decommissioning, was not just Britain's but also the world's first commercial civil nuclear power station. Reactor No.1 was opened officially by HM Queen Elizabeth II at 12.16GMT on 17th October 1956. Workington, 24km away, was the first town in the world to receive electricity produced using nuclear power. The power station also produced plutonium for Britain's nuclear weapons. It ceased power generation on 31st March 2003, by which time it was the oldest Magnox station in the world. The power station was designed by Christopher Hinton, later Lord Hinton, at the behest of Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1952. The design team was established by the Industrial Group of the Atomic Energy Authority. Work began in 1953 and nuclear power was first transmitted to the UK's National Grid in August 1956 — an astonishingly short construction and commissioning time. Calder Hall is classified as a quad Magnox station, meaning that it had four Magnox reactors. Magnox (magnesium no oxidation) refers to the metal composition of the nuclear fuel containers, where a magnesium alloy is wrapped around each uranium fuel rod. Fuel rods were supplied by Springfields. The first two reactors began operating in 1956, the third in 1958 and the fourth in 1959. The original site arrangement was as follows (from south to north) — two cooling towers, Reactor No.1, turbine house and workshops, Reactor No.2. The reactors were of the gas-cooled graphite-moderated type, and the gas used was carbon dioxide. Each reactor was housed in a cyclindrical casing made from mild steel, measuring 215m high and 11.3m in diameter. The reactors weighed 33,000 tonnes each and housed 1,696 nuclear fuel channels, all containing five or six fuel elements stacked vertically. Each reactor also had four heat exchangers, generating high and low pressure steam simultaneously. To generate electricity, the reactors ran eight 3,000 rpm turbines, four located in each of two turbine halls. The turbines were 75m long, 25m high and 20m wide. The site included four hyperbolic concrete cooling towers, 90m high, which were demolished using explosives on 29th September 2007. Decommissioning is a lengthy procedure and even though consent was granted in June 2005, the process is far from finished. The site covers some 167,000 square metres and included 62 buildings. At its peak, the station generated 196MW — four times as much power as it did when it opened. According to the British Nuclear Group, in its 47 years of operation, Calder Hall generated enough power to run a three-bar radiator for 2.85 million years! Civil engineering: Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd Pressure vessel design: Whessoe Ltd Steam turbines and gas circulators: C.A. Parsons Ltd Steelwork: Alexander Findlay & Co |
What famous painting was stolen from the Louvre in Paris in 1911? | The Theft That Made The 'Mona Lisa' A Masterpiece : NPR The Theft That Made The 'Mona Lisa' A Masterpiece Embed Embed The Theft That Made The 'Mona Lisa' A Masterpiece The Theft That Made The 'Mona Lisa' A Masterpiece Embed Embed The right eye of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." On Aug. 21, 1911, the then-little-known painting was stolen from the wall of the Louvre in Paris. And a legend was born. Associated Press hide caption toggle caption Associated Press The right eye of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa." On Aug. 21, 1911, the then-little-known painting was stolen from the wall of the Louvre in Paris. And a legend was born. Associated Press If you were standing outside the Louvre in Paris on the morning of Aug. 21, 1911, you might have noticed three men hurrying out of the museum. They would have been pretty conspicuous on a quiet Monday morning, writer and historian James Zug tells weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz. "Sunday night was a big social night in Paris," he says, "so a lot of people were hung over on Monday morning." The men, three Italian handymen, were not hungover. But they might have been a little tired. They'd just spent the night in an art-supply closet. And on that morning, with the Louvre still closed, they slipped out of the closet and lifted 200 pounds of painting, frame and protective glass case off the wall. Stripped of its frame and case, the wooden canvas was covered with a blanket and hustled off to the Quai d'Orsay station, where the trio boarded a 7:47 a.m. express train out of the city. They'd stolen the "Mona Lisa." Famous, Overnight Before its theft, the "Mona Lisa" was not widely known outside the art world. Leonardo da Vinci painted it in 1507, but it wasn't until the 1860s that critics began to hail it as a masterwork of Renaissance painting. And that judgment didn't filter outside a thin slice of French intelligentsia. Article continues after sponsorship "The 'Mona Lisa' wasn't even the most famous painting in its gallery, let alone in the Louvre," Zug says. Dorothy and Tom Hoobler wrote about the painting's heist in their book, The Crimes of Paris. It was 28 hours, they say, until anyone even noticed the four bare hooks. The guy who noticed was a pushy still-life artist who set up his easel to paint that gallery in the Louvre. "He felt he couldn't work as long as the 'Mona Lisa' wasn't there," Tom Hoobler says. But the artist wasn't alarmed. At that time, there was a project under way to photograph the Louvre's many works. Each piece had to be taken to the roof, since cameras of the day did not work well inside. "So finally he persuaded a guard to go see how long the photographers were going to have the painting," Tom Hoobler says. "He went off and came back, and said, 'You know what, the photographers say they don't have it!' " All of a sudden, James Zug says, "the 'Mona Lisa' becomes this incredibly famous painting — literally overnight." A New York Times headline from August 24, 1911, reported the investigation into the disappearance of the "Mona Lisa." The New York Times hide caption toggle caption The New York Times A New York Times headline from August 24, 1911, reported the investigation into the disappearance of the "Mona Lisa." The New York Times Mark of Shame After the Louvre announced the theft, newspapers all over the world ran headlines about the missing masterpiece. " 60 Detectives Seek Stolen 'Mona Lisa,' French Public Indignant ," the New York Times declared. The heist had become something of a national scandal. "In France, there was a great deal of concern that American millionaires were buying up the legacy of France — the best paintings," Dorothy Hoobler says. At one point, American tycoon and art lover J.P. Morgan was suspected of commissioning the theft. Pablo Picasso was also considered a suspect, and was questioned. And as tensions were escalating between France and Germany ahead of World War I, "there were people who thought the Kaiser was behind it," Hoobler says. After a weeklong shutdown, the Louvre re-opened to mobs of people, Franz Kafka among |
What nation-wide event took place in England, starting in 1642? | Timeline: The English Civil War, 1642-46 The Triennial Act passed, guaranteeing that Parliament will be called at least once every three years. Mar 22 Opening of the trial of the Earl of Strafford. May 03 The House of Commons draws up the Protestation Oath against popery. May 05 John Pym reveals details of the "First Army Plot": an alleged conspiracy by Royalist officers to coerce Parliament. May 10 The King reluctantly assents to the act of attainder against the Earl of Strafford. May 12 Execution of the Earl of Strafford. Jul 05 Parliament abolishes the courts of High Commission and Star Chamber; the Council of Wales and the North abolished; powers of the Privy Council suppressed. Sep 01 The House of Commons passes a resolution for the destruction of altar rails, crucifixes and other 'innovations' introduced under the Laudian reforms. Oct 23 News of the Irish Uprising reaches London. Dec 01 The Grand Remonstrance presented to King Charles at Hampton Court. Dec 27-9 Riots at Westminster against bishops and papists. Popular support for Parliament forces the King and royal family to leave London. Feb 12 The King refuses to surrender control of the militia to Parliament. Mar 5 Parliament passes the Militia Ordinance , despite the King's objections. Mar 19 King Charles sets up his court at York. Apr 23 Sir John Hotham prevents the King and his entourage from entering Hull , the site of England's main northern arsenal. Jun 01 The Nineteen Propositions passed by Parliament, requiring the King to give up control of the militia and the right to appoint ministers. Jun 06 The King issues the first Commissions of Array . Jun 18 The King rejects the Nineteen Propositions. Jul 02 The fleet declares for Parliament and accepts the Earl of Warwick as its Admiral. Jul 04 Parliament appoints the Committee of Safety . Jul 10 The first military action of the English Civil War takes place when a Royalist raiding party approaches Hull to burn down buildings outside the town walls, but is driven away by gunfire from the defenders. Jul 12 Parliament resolves to raise an army. The Earl of Essex commissioned Captain-General. Aug 21 Prince Rupert and Prince Maurice join the King. Aug 22 King Charles raises the royal standard at Nottingham Castle. King and Parliament now at war. Sep 07 Sir William Waller captures Portsmouth for Parliament. Sep 09 The Earl of Essex marches from London against the King. Sep 23 Action at Powick Bridge near Worcester: Prince Rupert routs Essex's advance guard. Oct 23 Battle of Edgehill : the Earl of Essex fails to prevent the Royalists advancing on London. Nov 13 Royalist advance on London halted at Turnham Green . Nov 29 The King's army withdraws to Oxford which remains the Royalist capital for the rest of the war. Battle of Braddock Down : Sir Ralph Hopton defeats Colonel Ruthven and secures Cornwall for the King. Feb 01 Treaty negotiations open at Oxford. Mar 27 Parliament issues it first ordinance for sequestration (confiscation of Royalist estates). Apr 14 Oxford treaty negotiations break down. Apr 14 The Earl of Essex besieges Reading . Jun 30 Battle of Adwalton Moor : The Earl of Newcastle defeats Lord Fairfax to secure most of Yorkshire for the King. Jul 01 The Westminster Assembly meets to discuss reform of the Anglican church. Jul 13 Battle of Roundway Down : Sir William Waller's Western Association army destroyed. Jul 26 Bristol falls to Prince Rupert. Aug 10 The King's army besieges Gloucester . Sep 02 The Scottish invasion : the Army of the Covenant crosses the River Tweed and marches into England. Jan 22 King Charles formally opens the Oxford Parliament . Feb 16 The Committee for Both Kingdoms formed to co-ordinate the Parliamentarian and Scottish armies. Mar 12 The trial of Archbishop Laud opens in London. Mar 21 Prince Rupert relieves the siege of Newark . Mar 29 Sir William Waller defeats Lord Forth and Lord Hopton at the battle of Cheriton ; Parliament's first decisive victory of the war. Apr 20 Allied Parliamentarian and Scottish armies besiege York . May 16 Prince Rupert marches for |
Hong Kong was taken by the British in which year? | Why Did China Lease Hong Kong to Britain? Why Did China Lease Hong Kong to Britain? China Why Did China Lease Hong Kong to Britain? Hong Kong Harbor, taken sometime between 1900 and 1923, during British control of the island. Library of Congress Prints and Photos By Kallie Szczepanski Updated March 16, 2016. The short answer to that question is that China lost Hong Kong to Great Britain in the Opium Wars , and later leased adjacent territories to the British under duress. Britain's reign over Hong Kong dates back to the 1842 Treaty of Nanking, which ended the First Opium War . But what is the longer answer? Nineteenth-century Britain had an insatiable appetite for Chinese tea. However, the Qing Dynasty and its subjects did not want to buy anything that the British produced. The government of Queen Victoria did not want to use up any more of the country's reserves of gold or silver in buying tea, so it decided to forcibly export opium from the Indian Subcontinent to China. The opium would then be exchanged for tea. China's government, not too surprisingly, objected to the large-scale importation of narcotics into their country by a foreign power. When just banning opium imports did not work, because British merchants simply smuggled the drug into China, the Qing government took more direct action. continue reading below our video What are the Seven Wonders of the World In 1839, Chinese officials destroyed 20,000 bales of opium. This move provoked Britain to declare war in order to protect its illegal drug-smuggling operations. The First Opium War lasted from 1839 to 1842. Britain occupied the island of Hong Kong on January 25, 1841, and used it as a military staging point. China was defeated in the war, and had to cede Hong Kong to Britain in the aforementioned Treaty of Nanking. Hong Kong became a Crown Colony of the British Empire . Status Changes of Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories At this point, you may be wondering, "Wait a minute, Britain just grabbed Hong Kong. Where did the lease come in, then?" The British grew increasingly worried about the security of their free port at Hong Kong during the second half of the 19th century. It was an isolated island, surrounded by areas still under Chinese control. The British decided to make their authority over the area official with a legally binding lease. In 1860, at the end of the Second Opium War, the UK gained a perpetual lease over the Kowloon Peninsula, which is the mainland Chinese area just across the strait from Hong Kong Island. This agreement was part of the Convention of Beijing that ended that conflict. In 1898, the British and Chinese governments signed the Second Convention of Peking, which included a 99-year lease agreement for the islands surrounding Hong Kong, called the "New Territories." The lease awarded control of more than 200 surrounding small islands to the British. In return, China got a promise that the islands would be returned to it after 99 years. On December 19, 1984, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Chinese Premier Zhao Ziyang signed the Sino-British Joint Declaration, in which Britain agreed to return not only the New Territories but also Kowloon and Hong Kong itself when the lease term expired. China promised to implement a "One Country, Two Systems" regime, under which for fifty years Hong Kong citizens could continue to practice capitalism and political freedoms forbidden on the mainland. So, on July 1, 1997, the lease ended and the government of Great Britain transferred control of Hong Kong and surrounding territories to the People's Republic of China . The transition has been more or less smooth, although human rights issues and Beijing's desire for greater political control cause considerable friction from time to time. |
In which year did the Blitz on London start? | BBC - History - World Wars: The Blitz World Wars Dates:25 August 1940 to 16 May 1941 Location: London and other major cities Outcome: Allied victory at a high civilian cost. The Blitz reduced pressure on the RAF, cost Germany enormous numbers of aircraft and personnel and failed to pave the way for the German invasion of Britain. Britain: RAF Fighter Command under Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding Germany: Luftflotten 2 under Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, based in north east France; Luftflotten 3 under Field Marshal Hugo Sperrle, based in the Low Countries The sustained German bombing of London and other major British cities began towards the end of the Battle of Britain, after a British raid on Berlin in early September prompted Hitler to order the Luftwaffe to switch its attention from RAF Fighter Command to urban centres of industrial and political significance. The first German raids on British cities had already taken place by the end of August 1940, when Birmingham and Liverpool were attacked, but on 7 September the Blitz intensified when around 950 German aircraft attacked London. It was the first and last mass daylight raid on London, but it heralded the first of 57 consecutive nights of bombing. The daylight raid alone caused some 300 civilian deaths and a further 1,300 serious injuries; by the end of the Blitz, around 30,000 Londoners would be left dead, with another 50,000 injured. Fortunately, millions of children, mothers, patients and pensioners had already been evacuated to the countryside. For those who were left in London, a rigorous policy of blackout began. Every building had to extinguish or cover its lights at night, and car owners had to reduce their headlights to a thin horizontal slit, with rear lamps also dimmed severely. Road accidents shot up, exacerbated by the lack of street lighting and the dimmed traffic lights. A second daylight raid on 9 September was successfully intercepted by Fighter Command's 10, 11 and 12 Groups. Less than half of the German bombers got through, with very few hitting their targets. Daylight attacks continued elsewhere in England, with sporadic success. Against London, however, the Germans haemorrhaged aircraft and crew, compared to much lighter British losses. In early November, Luftwaffe chief Reichsmarschall Herman Göring ordered that the air offensive against cities, industry and ports had to be conducted entirely under cover of darkness. The new strategy was showcased by a massive attack on Coventry on 14 November, which destroyed much of the city, including all but the spires of St Michael's Cathedral and the Grey Friars' Church. Attacks on Birmingham, Southampton, Bristol, Plymouth and Liverpool followed, but they proved less effective. On 29 December, a major raid on London destroyed much of the City, but poor winter weather then led to a drop in attacks until March. The two months from March until May 1941 saw a series of heavy attacks, culminating in a very damaging raid on London on 10 May. The Blitz ended on 16 May, when most of the Luftwaffe was re-assigned east for the imminent invasion of Russia. The end of the Blitz saw a return of evacuees and the start of the reconstruction of London - even though building materials were in desperately short supply. The docks had been devastated, as had many industrial, residential and commercial districts, including the historic heart of the City. |
Which Roman landed in Britain in 55 BC? | Athena Review 1,1: Landings of Caesar in Britain, 55 and 54 BC The Landings of Caesar in Britain, 55 and 54 BC . Deal Beach in Kent. This shoreline near Walmer Castle is probably in the area where Julius Caesar and his troops landed during the two Roman excursions to Britain of 55 and 54 BC. In the distance, the cliffs of Dover may be seen to the south. The beach is made up of small stones or shingles. . [Fig.1: Area of Deal Beach where Caesar's ships probably landed (photo: Athena Review).] . Caesar, the historian. In 58 BC, Julius Caesar became governor and military commander of the Roman province of Gaul, which included modern France, Belgium, and portions of Switzerland, Holland, and Germany west of the Rhine. For the next eight years, Caesar led military campaigns involving both the Roman legions and tribes in Gaul who were often competing among themselves. The story has been preserved in Caesar's account, Commentaries on the Gallic Wars, originally published in 50 BC. In the first century BC, Britain was settled by Iron Age societies, many with long-term roots in Britain, and others closely tied to tribes of northern France (fig.2). Commerce was flourishing, populations were relatively large, and at least seven different British tribes had their own coinages. Tribes in southwest Britain and Wales controlled considerable mineral wealth in tin deposits and copper mines. For this period, Caesar is the only extant source providing first-hand descriptions of Britain. His observations, while confined to the southeast areas of Kent and the lower Thames, are thus essential to understanding those regions. While no doubt self-serving in a political sense when written, Caesar's account is nevertheless regarded as basically accurate and historically reliable both by earlier scholars such as C. Rice Holmes (1907), and by today's authorities including Sheppard Frere (1987). Both the 55 and 54 BC Roman expeditions left from Boulogne (Portus Itius), and landed at Deal, a few miles northeast of Dover. In 55 BC, the Roman cavalry ships were forced back to Gaul by a storm, and Caesar's troops were confined to the shore. In 54 BC, a larger Roman expedition landed at Deal and penetrated inland along the River Thames. . [Fig.2: Map of the crossings of Caesar over the English Channel.] The first Roman landing in Britain (55 BC). Caesar probably planned an expedition to Britain in 56 BC, a year when the Armorican tribes in the coast of Britanny revolted against the Romans with aid from the tribes of southern Britain. The operation was further delayed by battles with the Morini and Menapi, Belgic tribes who controlled the Straits of Dover. Finally, on August 26, 55 BC, two Roman Legions (about 10,000 soldiers) under Caesar's personal command crossed the channel in a group of transport ships leaving from Portus Itius (today's Boulogne). By the next morning (August 27), as Caesar reports, the Roman ships were just off the chalky cliffs of Dover, whose upper banks were lined with British warriors prepared to do battle. The Romans therefore sailed several miles further northeast up the coastline and landed on the flat, pebbly shore around Deal. The Britons met the legionaries at the beach with a large force, including warriors in horse-drawn chariots, an antiquated fighting method not used by the Roman military. After an initial skirmish, the British war leaders sought a truce, and handed over hostages. Four days later, however, when Roman ships with 500 cavalry soldiers and horses also tried to make the channel crossing, they were driven back to France by bad weather. The same storm seriously damaged many of the Roman ships on the beach at Deal. This quirk of fate resulted in Caesar's initial landing force having no cavalry, which seriously restricted the mobility of the 55 BC operations. It was also disastrous for the planned reconnaissance since the legionary soldiers were forced to repair the ships and were vulnerable to the British forces who began new attacks. Thus immobilized, the Roman legions had to survive in a coastal zone which t |
In which English city was Dick Turpin hanged? | Dick Turpin: History of York History of York The myth of Dick Turpin. The myth of Dick Turpin. The Prison building - Turpin will have used this Exercise Yard. Turpin as potrayed in the cell where he spent his final days - York Castle Museum Corridor leading to the Turpin cell in York Castle Museum He wasn’t from York, he wasn’t the dashing outlaw of legend and he didn’t own a horse called Black Bess. But Dick Turpin was tried and executed in the city and his grave can be seen in an otherwise unremarkable graveyard. Born in Essex, Turpin was a member of the violent Gregory Gang, becoming a highwayman when they split up. Having shot and killed a man who attempted to capture him he fled to Yorkshire. He stole horses in Lincolnshire and returned with them to Brough to sell, a trade which was exposed while he was in Beverley House of Correction having shot his landlord’s cockerel. He gave his name as John Palmer. He was moved to York Castle, from where he wrote to his brother asking for help. His brother refused to pay the sixpence due on the letter and it was returned to the local post office – where Turpin’s old schoolmaster recognised his handwriting. His identity was revealed and he was sentenced to death. At his hanging at Tyburn, Turpin hired five professional mourners to follow him up the scaffold and he put on a show for the large crowd. His body was dug up by a labourer and taken to the garden of a surgeon, who paid for corpses for illegal medical dissection. But York people discovered what had happened and descended in an angry mob on the surgeon’s house, and Turpin was laid to rest for good. The doctor and the labourer were arrested and fined. Turpin became a legend after his death. His story became linked in print with a legendary ride from London to York to establish an alibi, a tale previously attributed to the highwayman William Nevison. This fictional version was further established when it was included in an 1834 bestseller called Rockwood, in which the author Harrison Ainsworth added a new twist: that Turpin’s horse, Black Bess, expired at York after the record-breaking ride. None of this was true. Resources |
Which treaty in 1957 led to the creation of the EEC? | The Treaty of Rome (1957) - The history of the European Union and European Citizenship The Treaties of Rome (1957) The signing of the Treaties of Rome On 25th March 1957, two treaties were signed in Rome that gave birth to the European Economic Community (EEC) and to European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) : the Treaties of Rome. The signatories of the historic agreement were Christian Pineau on behalf of France, Joseph Luns from the Netherlands, Paul Henri Spaak from Belgium, Joseph Bech from Luxemburg, Antonio Segni from Italy and Konrad Adenauer from the Federal Republic of Germany. The Treaties were ratified by National Parliaments over the following months and came into force on 1st January 1958. The Treaty establishing the EEC affirmed in its preamble that signatory States were "determined to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe". In this way, the member States specifically affirmed the political objective of a progressive political integration. In fact, the brand new institution was a customs union. As a consequence, the EEC was colloquially known as "Common Market". The member countries agreed to dismantle all tariff barriers over a 12-year transitional period. In view of the economic success that freer commercial exchanges brought about, the transitory term was shortened and in July 1968 all tariffs among the EEC States were abrogated. At the same time, a common tariff was established for all products coming from third countries. As a matter of fact, the common market meant exclusively free circulation of goods. Free movement of persons, capitals and services continued to be subject to numerous limitations. It was necessary to wait until the Single European Act , in 1987, when a definitive boost was given to establish a genuine unified market. This brought about the European Union Treaty in 1992. The other essential agreement included in the Treaty of Rome was the adoption of a Common agricultural policy (CAP) . Essentially, the CAP enacted a free market of agricultural products inside the EEC and established protectionist policies that guaranteed sufficient revenues to European farmers, avoiding competition from third countries' products by guaranteeing agricultural prices. With the aim of financing the CAP, the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) was established in 1962. The CAP has continued absorbing most of the community budget, and its reform has been one of the most badly needed in recent years. The Treaty of Rome also established the prohibition of monopolies, some transport common policies, and the grant of some commercial privileges to the colonial territories of the member States. The Treaty of Rome signified the triumph of a very realistic and gradualist approach to building the EU. This method was personified by Jean Monnet . The failure of the CED demonstrated that tremendous obstacles lay in the path of the final construction of a political union. Consequently, the new strategy sought to adopt a process of integration that gradually incorporated diverse economic sectors and that established supranational institutions with increasingly political competences.. The EEC from its birth was based on a series of institutions: the European Commission , the European Commission , the European Assembly, later known as European Parliament , the Court of Justice and the Economic and Social Committee , whose competences were enlarged and modified in the diverse agreements and treaties that succeeded the Treaty of Rome. To sum up, a process put in motion in which progressive economic integration was paving the way to the long term objecti |
Name the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of WW1? | First World War.com - Primary Documents - British Prime Minister's Address to Parliament, 6 August 1914 What's New Primary Documents - British Prime Minister's Address to Parliament, 6 August 1914 Reproduced below is the text of the speech given to the British Parliament by Prime Minister Herbert Asquith . Sponsored Links Given on 6 August 1914 - two days after Britain entered the war against Germany in defence of Belgium - Asquith recounted the background to the outbreak of general war in Europe in July/August 1914, placing great emphasis on the efforts of the British Foreign Secretary, Sir Edward Grey , to secure continued peace in the face of German aggression. Asquith finished his speech by stating that Britain would throw her entire Empire's resources into the struggle against Germany in order to ensure victory. British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith's Address to Parliament, 6 August 1914 With the utmost reluctance and with infinite regret, His Majesty's Government have been compelled to put this country in a state of war with what for many years and indeed generations past has been a friendly Power. The Papers which have since been presented to Parliament will, I think, show how strenuous, how unremitting, how persistent, even when the last glimmer of hope seemed to have faded away, were the efforts of my right hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary (note: Sir Edward Grey) to secure for Europe an honourable and a lasting peace. Every one knows in the great crisis which occurred last year in the East of Europe, it was largely, if not mainly, by the acknowledgment of all Europe, due to the steps taken by my right hon. Friend that the area of the conflict was limited, and that so far as the great Powers are concerned, peace was maintained. If his efforts upon this occasion have, unhappily, been less successful, I am certain that this House and the country - and I will add posterity and history - will accord to him what is, after all, the best tribute that can be paid to any statesman: that, never derogating for an instant or by an inch from the honour and interests of his own country, he has striven, as few men have striven, to maintain and preserve the greatest interest of all countries - universal peace. The Papers, which are now in the hands of hon. Members, show something more than that. They show what were the terms which were offered to us in exchange for our neutrality. I trust that not only the Members of this House, but all our fellow-subjects everywhere will read the communications - will read, learn and mark the communications which passed only a week ago to-day between Berlin and London in this matter. The terms by which it was sought to buy our neutrality are contained in the communication made by the German Chancellor to Sir Edward Goschen on the 29th July. I think I must refer to them for a moment. After alluding to the state of things as between Austria and Russia, Sir Edward Goschen goes on: "He [the German Chancellor] then proceeded to make the following strong bid for British neutrality. He said that it was clear, so far as he was able to judge the main principle which governed British policy, that Great Britain would never stand by and allow France to be crushed in any conflict there might be. That, however, was not the object at which Germany aimed. Provided that neutrality of Great Britain were certain, every assurance would be given to the British Government that the Imperial Government" Let the Committee observe these words: "aimed at no territorial acquisition at the expense of France should they prove victorious in any war that might ensue." Sir Edward Goschen proceeded to put a very pertinent question:- "I questioned His |
In which city was Terry Waite taken hostage in 1987? | BBC ON THIS DAY | 2 | 1987: Negotiator turned hostage 1987: Negotiator turned hostage When Terry Waite went to Beirut in January 1987, he was placing himself in immense danger. The American arms for hostages scandal - the Iran-Contra affair - led to accusations the peace envoy was more CIA stooge than humanitarian negotiator. To confound his critics - and believing himself safe as a representative of the church - Mr Waite left once more for the world's most dangerous city. I know myself well enough to realise I don't have purely altruistic motives. I definitely felt desperately concerned about the hostages and their plight. But also I was devastated by the political action that had been taken, which was duplicitous in my opinion. I felt my pride had been wounded and I wasn't just going to sit down and take that. The story begins the day before I was kidnapped. There was an intermediary in Beirut who was a medical practitioner and I used to meet my contacts in his consulting room. I went without guards, arms or a locater device I went back to Beirut and for the first few days spent time visiting various people in the town, trying to pick up leads and I didn't get very far. Then the telephone rang and I recognised the voice of my contact and he asked me if I would meet him. I said I would - that's why I was there, I wanted to try and see if we could pick up the negotiation again. I arranged to meet him at the doctor's consulting room and on the evening in question I went there without guards, arms or a locater device. He said, "On previous occasions you've asked to see the hostages." I said, "Yes, I have." He said, "We haven't allowed it, but this time we're going to let you see them, because they're sick and they're very depressed as a result of all these happenings [the US arms for hostages scandal] in recent weeks." 'We will not keep you' I said to him what any sensible person would have said: "If I come with you, you'll keep me." But he denied this. I asked him to give me his hand and assurance that he wouldn't. He stretched out his hand and said, "We will not keep you". I told him he was asking a great deal and requested 24 hours to think about it. He agreed and said if I wanted to see the hostages I should come back to this place tomorrow night. Emergency I consulted with various people - the advice differed and really the decision was mine. I felt that if I'd been given safe conduct, if the man was telling me the truth and if I didn't go and one of the hostages died, then I'd have to live with my conscience for the rest of my life. And I didn't want to live with a bad conscience. So the next night I went back to the doctor's consulting room and immediately I had the feeling that something was wrong, because as soon as I got there the telephone rang. The doctor answered it and he said, "I'm sorry I've got to leave you, there's an emergency at the hospital." I asked him to wait for a moment until the man came, but he said he had to go now - and he left. And I remember pacing up and down in his consulting room thinking what I should do at this point. But I thought as I had come so far I should go through with it. Underground garage Then I heard the elevator come up and my contact stepped into the room. I was given a quick body search. I was taken in a car, then we changed cars, then I was blindfolded, then we went to a safe house and I was given a change of clothing. We were moved from house to house in order to shake off a tail. Then after three or four days he said, "Right we're going to see the hostages." I was taken down in the night, put into a van and driven across town. We came to what I believed was an underground garage beneath a block of flats. That was it - I was a hostage, no longer a negotiator I was told to get out of the van and there in the floor there was a trapdoor. He said, "Jump down." I jumped down, was pushed across the room and the door closed behind me and when I took my blindfold off I was in a tiled cell. Then I realised that was it: I was a hostage, no longer a negotiator. You can read Terry |
Which Olympic Games first featured women's weightlifting? | Weightlifting - Summer Olympic Sport Weightlifting Weightlifting has ancient origins. It featured at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896. A long history As a means to measure strength and power, weightlifting was practised both by ancient Egyptian and Greek societies. It developed as an international sport primarily in the 19th century and is one of the few sports to have featured at the 1896 Athens Games. Power struggle At the beginning of the century, Austria, Germany and France were the most successful nations. However in the 1950s, the Soviet Union’s weightlifters rose to prominence and stayed there until the 1990s when China, Turkey, Greece and Iran catapulted to the lead. In the women’s field, China has been dominant since the very beginning. Olympic history Although men’s weightlifting has always been on the programme of the Olympic Games - except for at the 1900, 1908 and 1912 editions – women started to participate only at the 2000 Games in Sydney. The Olympic weightlifting programme has evolved greatly over time. Today, weightlifters compete in snatch and clean and jerk, and are placed according to their total combined result. From the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, men have competed in eight weight categories and women in seven. This total of 15 events remains unchanged. Great champions Turkey’s and Halil Mutlu have each won three gold medals, like Greece’s Pyrros Dimas and Kakhi Kakhiasvilis. Hungarian weightlifter Imre Földi and Germany’s Ronnie Weller and Ingo Steinhöfel hold a special record: they participated in the Olympic Games five times. In women’s weightlifting, China’s Chen Yanqing and Liu Chunhong have both won two gold medals. Weightlifting has been present at 23 editions of the Games, and has placed on the podium champions from 32 different National Olympic Committees (NOCs). |
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In which sport would the winner be presented with 'The Green Jacket'? | Why Is A Green Jacket Presented to the Masters Winner? By Brent Kelley Updated November 03, 2016. Each year, the winner of The Masters is presented with the famous "Green Jacket." Slipping on the green jacket is the golden moment for many winners of the tournament. But how did a green jacket come to be such a big deal? What is the story behind the venerated Green Jacket? Origins of the Masters Green Jacket Let's face it: If you saw someone walking around in public in a shamrock green jacket, you might wonder if that person was fashion-challenged. But the Green Jacket presented to the Masters champion is one beautiful piece of outerwear. The tradition of the Green Jacket at Augusta National Golf Club dates to 1937. That year, members of the club wore green jackets during the tournament so that fans in attendance could easily recognize them if a fan needed to ask questions. One of the inspirations for the idea was provided by a dinner that Augusta National co-founder Bobby Jones attended at Royal Liverpool . The English links club's captains were adorned in red jackets during that dinner, to stand out. continue reading below our video Greatest Quarterbacks of All Time? Augusta National co-founder and club chairman Clifford Roberts embraced the idea of an identifying piece of clothing for club members - something that would make it easy for non-members (and tournament attendees) to recognize an Augusta member. According to the tournament's official website, Masters.com: "Jackets were purchased from the Brooks Uniform Company, New York City ... Members were not initially enthusiastic about wearing the warm, green coat. Within several years, a lightweight, made-to-order Jacket was available from the Club's Golf Shop. ... The single breasted, single vent Jacket's color is 'Masters Green' and is adorned with an Augusta National Golf Club logo on the left chest pocket. The logo also appears on the brass buttons." Presenting the Green Jacket to the Masters Winners Soon after its public debut in 1937, the Green Jacket became the symbol of membership in the ultra-exclusive Augusta National Golf Club. And winners of the Masters Tournament began, themselves, receiving green jackets at the 1949 Masters . The winners all become members of the Champions Club at Augusta. From 1937 through 1948, only Augusta National members wore the green jackets; from 1949 onward, the tournament winner also got one. By the way, in those early years it was just as common to hear Masters players and Augusta members refer to the garment as the "green blazer" or "green coat," as it was for them to use "green jacket." Who Was the First Masters Champ Presented with the Green Jacket? You already know the jacket was first presented to the Masters winner following the 1949 tournament. And the winner that year was Sam Snead . At that time, the club also had jackets made for each of the previous winners of the Masters. For more, see: Who was the first Masters champion awarded the Green Jacket? Does the Masters Winner Get to Keep the Jacket? The short answer: The Green Jacket stays with the new winner for one year. When they return to Augusta National the following year for the next Masters, they return the jacket. But each winner can have his own version of the jacket made to keep at home. For more, see: Do Masters champions get to keep the Green Jacket? Last Year's Champ Puts the Green Jacket on the New Winner Following the completion of each Masters Tournament, the Green Jacket ceremony is held, where the new champion is presented with the green jacket. That jacket is one that tournament officials have retrieved from the locker room, guesstimating what will fit best the new winner. Later, the champ is measured and a jacket custom made for him. As for who puts the jacket on the new winner at the post-tournament ceremony: The previous year's champ slips the Green Jacket onto the new winner. Ah, but what if a golfer wins back-to-back Masters? He can't present himself with the jacket the second time around. In that case, the Augusta National Golf Club chairman has t |
In what year did the UK government ban 'Fox Hunting'? | Scotland bans fox-hunting | Politics | The Guardian Scotland bans fox-hunting Wednesday 13 February 2002 21.23 EST First published on Wednesday 13 February 2002 21.23 EST Share on Messenger Close Downing Street was warned last night that there will be "rivers of blood" across the British countryside if Westminster follows the lead of the Scottish parliament, which last night banned fox-hunting in a historic and symbolic move. After more than six hours of debate, MSPs passed the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) bill by 83 to 36, with five abstentions. Even its supporters say the bill is a tortuous piece of legislation, riddled with potential loopholes, but the intent is clear:mounted fox-hunting, fox-baiting and hare-coursing will be a criminal offence in Scotland punishable by a £5,000 fine or up to six months in jail. There will be no compensation for those affected by the ban. As the anti-hunt lobby celebrated last night, rural campaigners said they could circumvent the legislation and would challenge it in the courts. It was a day of angry protests and impassioned, sometimes farcical debate, with Basil Brush puppets brandished in the chamber and celebrity chef Clarissa Dickson Wright stalking the streets of Edinburgh to drum up support for the hunting lobby. There are 10 mounted fox hunts in Scotland, half of them based in the border regions, and they employ around 3,000 people. Hunting does not have the same elitist image as it does in the south, but the Scottish public has been overwhelmingly supportive of a ban, and the bill has been seen as a further test of Holyrood's willingness to ignore Westminster and pursue its own course. Pressure was growing on Downing Street last night to bow to its devolved administration and follow suit. "This is one of those defining moments in the history of UK parliaments," said Graham Isdale of the Scottish campaign against hunting with dogs. "It is a momentous occasion because Scotland is taking a lead in the UK, in the rest of Europe, and possibly in the rest of the world." Opponents say the bill is nothing more than destructive symbolism. "This is an attack by urban politicians on the rural way of life and it will be challenged," said Noel Collins of the Rural Rebels. By early yesterday morning huntsmen were rousing their dogs for hunts across the country before descending on the border town of Kelso where a crowd of more than 1,000 gathered. "No surrender. We will never be beaten!" shouted Sam Butler, chairman of the Campaign for Hunting, as the crowd - tweed-clad and spoiling for a fight - roared their approval and the dogs among them whined and yelped. David Thomas, spokesman for the federation of Welsh packs, from Llandrindod, mid-Wales, warned there would be a revolution if Westminster tried to copy Scotland's lead. "We are prepared to fight for our way of life and even die for it. You will not need to send envoys to Palestine or go to Africa to sort out problems there, Mr Blair, because there'll be too much trouble here," he said. "There'll be rivers of blood in the countryside just because I want to get on a horse and hunt a fox." The protests continued in Edinburgh, as MSPs gathered on the Mound for the start of the debate. The anti-hunt lobby stood vigil outside, draping police barriers with graphic images of dead foxes. "This is such a huge occasion for us," said Susan Small, 27, from Edinburgh, an anti-hunt campaigner. "We are taking a hugely symbolic step. Scotland is saying to the world that it does not accept an outdated and barbaric practice. Who knows where this could now lead?" Inside the chamber, MSPs grimly ploughed their way through more than 100 amendments covering everything from exemptions for dog walkers whose pets inadvertently kill wild animals to compensation and gamekeepers. The bill was first introduced in late 1999 by the Labour MSP Mike Watson. An independent study commissioned by the Scottish executive in 2000 concluded that up to 300 jobs would be lost in rural communities. In July last year the parliament's rural development committee decide |
The International Curling Championships have been won the most times by which country? | Curling - The Canadian Encyclopedia email MLA 7th Edition Gerald Redmond Revised: Patricia G. Bailey "Curling" The Canadian Encyclopedia. Eds. Jeremy Freeborn. Toronto: Historica Canada, 2010. Web. 16 Jan. 2017. Gerald Redmond Revised: Patricia G. Bailey "Curling" The Canadian Encyclopedia. Eds. Jeremy Freeborn. Toronto: Historica Canada, 2010. Web. 16 Jan. 2017. APA 6th Edition Gerald Redmond Revised: Patricia G. Bailey, R. The Canadian Encyclopedia. (2010). Curling. Retrieved January 16, 2017, from http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/curling/ Gerald Redmond Revised: Patricia G. Bailey, R. The Canadian Encyclopedia. (2010). Curling. Retrieved January 16, 2017, from http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/curling/ Chicago 16th Edition Gerald Redmond Revised: Patricia G. Bailey. "Curling" In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada, 1985–. Article published May 9, 2010. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/curling/. Gerald Redmond Revised: Patricia G. Bailey. "Curling" In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada, 1985–. Article published May 9, 2010. http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/curling/. Turabian Gerald Redmond Revised: Patricia G. Bailey. 2010. Curling. The Canadian Encyclopedia http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/curling/ (accessed January 16, 2017). Gerald Redmond Revised: Patricia G. Bailey. 2010. Curling. The Canadian Encyclopedia http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/curling/ (accessed January 16, 2017). While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Updates? Omissions? Article suggestions? We want to hear from you! Sports Curling Curling is a sport in which two teams of four players each send stones over an ice surface toward a target circle in an attempt to place nearest the centre. In Canada, curling has steadily grown in popularity since the first club was formed in Montréal in 1807. The national championships (Brier, Scotties) and Olympic trials are among some of the most popular sporting events in the country, and many winners of these tournaments have also achieved victory on the international stage. Curling is one of the country’s most popular sports, and is the most televised women’s sport in Canada. Curling is a sport in which two teams of four players each send stones over an ice surface toward a target circle in an attempt to place nearest the centre. In Canada, curling has steadily grown in popularity since the first club was formed in Montréal in 1807. The national championships (Brier, Scotties) and Olympic trials are among some of the most popular sporting events in the country, and many winners of these tournaments have also achieved victory on the international stage. Curling is one of the country’s most popular sports and the most televised women’s sport in Canada. Scottish Heritage Although there is some artistic and etymological evidence from the 16th century in the Low Countries of Europe pointing to a similar ice game, most authorities agree that curling as we know it today was codified in Scotland and exported from there in organized form. Certainly the origins and early evolution of this sport in Canada were due to the consistent, enthusiastic and ubiquitous presence of the Scots . Undoubtedly, too, curling has thrived to a prodigious and unparalleled extent here. Factors contributing to its contemporary popularity in Canada include the wintry climate, the traditions of the game, certain technological advances and the active patronage of influential persons (many of them Scottish). From their influential position in Canadian society, many Scots were comfortably situated to indulge in and promote the traditions of their native land, including curling. First Clubs in Canada Some historians have suggested, without documentation, that curling began on the North American continent among Scottish soldiers during the Seven Years' War of 1756–63 . Curling certainly occurred info |
What's the lower age limit to join the Senior Golf Tour? | What Does It Take To Be A "Senior" Golfer? - Tee Times Magazine - Minneapolis/St. Paul What Does It Take To Be A "Senior" Golfer? RJ Smiley It's Not Blue Hair, Hearing Aids Or A Cadillac The question has come up..... How old is a senior golfer? The definition is not as easy as qualifying for Medicare. Here's how it works... If you are age seventy or older and play golf you may safely say that you are a senior golfer. However, if you want to play on the PGA's Champions Tour you would be a senior golfer at age 50. The United States Golf Association has two different ages that define senior golfers. Participants in the USGA Senior Open Championship must be age 50, but if you want to play in the USGA Senior Amateur Championship you must be age 55. Women who play in the USGA Women's Senior Amateur only need to be age 50. The MN Section of the PGA requires golfers to be age 50 to participate in the MN Senior Open Championship while the Minnesota Golf Association requires golfers to be age 55 to participate in the MGA Senior Amateur or the Senior Tour. The MGA Women's Senior Amateur Championship requires golfers to be age 50 to participate. The Minnesota Public Golf Association requires golfers to be only age 50 to participate as a senior golfer in their men's and women's championships. The age that defines a senior golfers varies from age 50 to age 65 at Minnesota golf courses. When calling your local golf course to ask about senior leagues and senior green fee rates you will want to ask, "HOW OLD IS A SENIOR GOLFER AT YOUR COURSE?" With that said, many golf courses will extent those rates to golfers who have grey hair and want to play with the other seniors golfers. Bottomline - while being a "senior" golfer may not be as easy as qualifiying for Medicare, it's almost as confusing. You may very well be a certified senior golfer - somedays at someplaces sometimes. Embrace the "senior" title. It has benefits. Article Comment Submission Form Please feel free to submit your comments. Article comments are not posted immediately to the Web site. Each submission must be approved by the Web site editor, who may edit content for appropriateness. There may be a delay of 24-48 hours for any submission while the web site editor reviews and approves it. Note: All information on this form is required. Your telephone number is for our use only, and will not be attached to your comment. Submit an Article Comment |
American 'Kelly Slater' is best known for which sport? | The 10 Most Influential Surfers of All Time | The Huffington Post The 10 Most Influential Surfers of All Time 12/02/2013 12:14 pm ET | Updated Feb 01, 2014 Alexander Haro Associate editor, The Inertia Steve Robertson via Getty Images From surfing's early beginnings as the "Sport of Kings" in Hawaii, it has held a certain sway over spectators and participants alike. While estimates of the number of surfers worldwide vary wildly (from 5 million to 23 million), there are a select few that, for one reason or another, have left an indelible mark on surfing. The interesting thing is that in most cases, it's not so much for the actual act of surfing, but for what they did to significantly alter the course of things to come. From the Duke to Gidget, this is a list of a 10 of surfing's most influential people. #1. The Duke Duke Kahanamoku is hailed as the father of modern surfing. A full-blooded Hawaiian from Honolulu, Hawaii, the Duke is responsible for spreading a view of surfing that has since soaked into the masses and stuck fast. Born in 1890, the original Beach Boy was the first of five children, all of which turned into extraordinary watermen in their own right. Kahanamoku however, was head and shoulders above them all. At the young age of 20, he broke the American short-distance swimming record for the 50-yard sprint and the beat 100-yard world record by almost five seconds. The next year, in 1912, he set another world record at the Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1920, he won gold in the both the 100 and 400-meter freestyle relay. All this acclaim brought him-and his surfing-to the forefront of the public's perception of watermen. After a disc jockey from Honolulu became his manager in 1961, the Duke became the face of a litany of businesses that used his surfer image paired with the now-popular Hawaiian lifestyle. At the age of 77, Duke Kahanamoku died of a heart attack, after a lifetime of piling the building blocks that would become modern surfing. He was named Surfer of the Century in 1999, and the U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp honoring him in 2002. #2. Miki Dora Miki Dora is, in large part, responsible for the rebel-side of surfing. The undisputed king of Malibu in the 1950s and early '60s, "Da Cat" rode with what is possibly the most definitive style in surfing's history. On and off the waves, Miklos "Miki" Dora carried himself in such a way that attracted throngs of followers and hangers-on, much to his very apparent disdain. Thought of as somewhat of a walking contradiction, Miki seemed to often seek out attention, then chastise who ever gave it to him. For all of his fame and press, Dora remains today one of the least known surfers. While much of his personal life has been exposed on paper and in countless books, one thing that remains constant in almost all of them is his aura of mystery, who some say was slightly affected in an effort to stay in the public's eye. He spent much of his life as a loner, not for lack of people in his life, but for his own personal dislike for most of them. "I don't expect everyone to live my life," he said in an interview . "Why should they? It's pretty lonely." Born in 1934 in Budapest, Hungary, Dora's parents divorced before he was ten. His mother married a surfer named Gard Chapin from California, who, according to David Rensin in All For a Few Perfect Waves, drank heavily in his later years. Chapin was regarded at one point, as California's best surfer, and introduced Miki to the sport at a young age. As a teen, he spent most of his time bouncing from San Onofre to Malibu, and frequented spots in between. As he grew older, though, he spent more time at Malibu, eventually mastering the wave in a way that no one had before, or has since. He turned his back on the Gidget-era, horribly disappointed with how Hollywood's intervention on his beloved lifestyle changed it forever, but conflicted at how easy it was for him to make a quick buck in it, given his stature at the epicenter of the movement. Dora died of cancer in 2002 at the age of 67, after a troubled few decades. A w |
Who is depicted atop the Ryder Cup trophy (golf)? | Interesting Facts About the Ryder Cup Trophy By Brent Kelley The creation of the Ryder Cup trophy began in 1926 when the competition's namesake put up money for it. Samuel Ryder , a Brit, an avid golfer, and a successful businessman, commissioned a trophy in 1926 to serve as the prize in a proposed goodwill competition pitting British professional golfers against their American counterparts. Ryder spent £250 to have the trophy created. It was designed by the Mappin & Webb Company in the form of a golden chalice, with the small figure of a golfer on top of the lid. That trophy is the Ryder Cup. The Ryder Cup trophy first appeared in public in 1927 at a send-off for the British team departing Southampton, England, and sailing for Worcester, Massachussetts, for the first Ryder Cup match . Ryder Cup Trophy Basics The Ryder Cup trophy is: 17 inches in height; Nine inches in width (handle to handle); Four pounds in weight; The cup sits atop a wooden base, around which is a gold band. On the band are engraved the scores of each Ryder Cup played. continue reading below our video 10 Best Teams in the History of Baseball Who Is the Golfer on Top of the Trophy? Atop the trophy is the figure of a golfer. Is that little guy on top of the Ryder Cup representative of a real golfer? Yes. That figure is modeled on British professional Abe Mitchell, Samuel Ryder's friend and golf instructor. Mitchell played in three Ryder Cup competitions (although he was unable to play the first one in 1927). Is Ryder's Original Cup Still Presented to Winning Team? No - but that original Ryder Cup trophy is still in existence. According to the PGA of America, Samuel Ryder deeded the original trophy to The Professional Golfers' Association of Great Britain. Today, the PGA of GB&I still has the original trophy. The PGA of America, meanwhile, owns an exact replica. A third identical copy is kept for touring purposes - when you see (or hear about) the Ryder Cup trophy being displayed somewhere (making a public appearance, as it were) it is this third trophy that is "on tour." And each member of the winning Ryder Cup team receives a slightly scaled-down replica of the trophy to keep. |
Which boxer LOST the 'Thrilla in Manila'? | The Thrilla in Manila: Boxing's greatest-ever bout - CNN.com 1 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, poses in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, prior to his amateur boxing debut in 1954. He was 12 years old and 85 pounds. As an amateur, he won 100 out of 108 fights. Hide Caption 2 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali rose to prominence at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he claimed a gold medal in the light-heavyweight division. Hide Caption 3 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali boldly predicted it would take him five rounds to knock out British boxer Henry Cooper ahead of their bout in London in 1963. The fight was stopped in the fifth round as Cooper was bleeding heavily from a cut around his eye. Hide Caption 4 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Patrick Power, 6, takes on Ali in the ring in 1963. Patrick was taking boxing lessons after getting bullied. Hide Caption 5 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali poses for a picture with The Beatles in Miami, during the run-up to his heavyweight title fight against Sonny Liston in 1964. Hide Caption 6 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali celebrates after defeating Liston in Miami on February 25, 1964. Upon becoming world heavyweight champion for the first time, Ali proclaimed, "I am the greatest!" Hide Caption 7 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali relaxes after his win over Liston in 1964. At 22, he became the youngest boxer to take the heavyweight title from a reigning champion. Hide Caption 8 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Civil rights activist Malcolm X, left, takes a picture of a tuxedo-clad Ali surrounded by jubilant fans in March 1964. Shortly after the Liston fight, Ali announced that he had joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name from Cassius Clay. Hide Caption 9 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Known for being as quick with his mouth as he was with his hands, Ali often taunted his opponents. He famously said he could "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali prepares to defend his heavyweight title in 1965. Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali stands over Liston during their rematch in Lewiston, Maine, on May 25, 1965. Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali eats at a restaurant in 1965. Hide Caption 13 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali The referee pushes Ali to a neutral corner as Floyd Patterson slumps to the canvas in November 1965. The fight was stopped at the end of the 12th round and Ali was declared the winner. Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali signs an autograph for a fan in 1966. Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali visits a children's home in London in May 1966. Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali trains for his second fight against British champion Henry Cooper in May 1966. Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali British talk-show host Eamonn Andrews shares a laugh with Ali in May 1966. Hide Caption 18 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali lands a right to the head of Brian London during their bout in London on August 6, 1966. Ali won by a knockout in the third round. Hide Caption Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali looks in his hotel-room mirror in February 1967. Hide Caption 20 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali The referee counts as Ali looks down at Zora Folley during a championship fight in New York on March 23, 1967. Ali won by a knockout in the seventh round. Hide Caption 21 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali As a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, Ali refused induction into the U.S. Army in April 1967. Here, top athletes from various sports gather to support Ali as he gives his reasons for rejecting the draft. Seated in the front row, from left to right, are Bill Russell, Ali, Jim Brown and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Hide Caption 22 of 52 Photos: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Ali walks through the streets of New York with members of the Black Panther Party in September 1 |
Which boxer broke Muhammad Ali's jaw in 1973? | Ken Norton, the man broke who broke Muhammad Ali's jaw, dies aged 70 - Telegraph Boxing Ken Norton, the man broke who broke Muhammad Ali's jaw, dies aged 70 Ken Norton, the former World Boxing Council heavyweight boxing champion who defeated Muhammad Ali in 1973, died Wednesday at a hospital in Arizona where he had been undergoing rehabilitation since suffering a stroke last year. One of the greats: Ken Norton had an epic three match battle with Muhammad Ali Photo: EPA Follow He was 70 and had congestive heart failure. Norton belonged to a golden era of heavyweight boxers, and enjoyed fame and fortune. Norton was the second fighter to beat ‘The Greatest’ at his peak, with Joe Frazier having beaten Ali in 1971. In a trilogy of fights with Ali, famously, Norton broke Ali’s jaw in round eleven of their first fight, for which he became legendary, and then lost in a rematch to Ali later in 1973 and then in 1976. Ali officially won both return bouts narrowly, although many felt Norton truly deserved to get the decision their third fight, at Yankee Stadium in New York in 1976. Related Articles Mayweather judge defends herself 16 Sep 2013 In 1978, Norton won the World Boxing Council heavyweight championship when Leonard Spinks chose not to fight him, but went on to lose the crown to Larry Holmes by one point in a split decision in June that year. It is widely regarded as one of the top 10 heavyweight fights of all time. &lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Lennox Lewis - R.I.P. Ken Norton - Former World Heavyweight Boxing Champ. Prayers from my family to his. Bless!&lt;/noframe&gt; Norton finished with a record of 42-7-1 with 33 knockouts, then becoming an actor, appearing in over 20 movies and working in popular series such as The A Team. &lt;noframe&gt;Twitter: Mike Tyson - Today a great man passed away. A legend in the boxing world and a good man. Condolences to Ken Norton's family on this very sad day.&lt;/noframe&gt; One of his sons, Ken Norton Jr., was a star linebacker at UCLA who played for the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL and is now coach to for the Seattle Seahawks. |
In snooker, how many balls are on the table at the start of a game? | How Many Balls Are on a Pool Table? | eHow How Many Balls Are on a Pool Table? Email Save Depending on the pool game you're playing, there can be a different amount of balls on the pool table. The only thing that stays the same from one game to another is the cue ball, which is the white ball you use to hit the colored balls with. Eight-Ball In eight-ball, you should have 16 balls on the pool table: one white ball and 15 colored. At the start of the game, the 15 colored balls should be grouped together into a triangle shape (use the rack to properly organize the balls). Nine-Ball A game of nine-ball should have 10 balls on the table: nine colored balls (numbers one through nine) and one white ball. At the start of the game, the nine balls should be grouped together into a diamond shape. Three-Ball A game of three-ball should be played with four balls on the table: three colored balls (typically numbers one, two and three) and one white ball. At the start of the game, the three colored balls should be grouped together into a triangle shape. Snooker A game of snooker should be played with 22 balls on the table: 15 red balls, one white ball and six balls of other colors (yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, black). At the start of the game, the 15 red balls should be grouped together into a triangle shape on one end of the table. One colored ball should be behind the red balls and another should touch the front tip of the triangle. One colored ball should be set directly in the middle of the table, and the remaining three should be spaced out directly in front of the cue ball on the other end of the table. Considerations You can make up your own billiard game that allows for as many balls as you want on the table. Eight-ball, nine-ball, three-ball and snooker are the most commonly played pool games. |
In what year did Roger Bannister break the 4 minute mile barrier? | What We Mortals Can Learn from the 4-Minute Mile What We Mortals Can Learn From the 4-Minute Mile Written by Matt Frazier The experts said it couldn’t be done According to legend, experts said for years that the human body was simply not capable of a 4-minute mile. It wasn’t just dangerous; it was impossible. Further legends hold that people had tried for over a thousand years to break the barrier, even tying bulls behind them to increase the incentive to do the impossible. In the 1940’s, the mile record was pushed to 4:01, where it stood for nine years, as runners struggled with the idea that, just maybe, the experts had it right. Perhaps the human body had reached its limit. The breakthrough On May 6, 1954, Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute barrier, running the distance in 3:59.4. As part of his training, he relentlessly visualized the achievement in order to create a sense of certainty in his mind and body. Barely a year after Bannister’s accomplishment, someone else ran a mile in under 4 minutes. Then some more runners did. Now, it’s almost routine. Even strong high-schoolers today run 4-minute miles. [Note: this used to say “24 people broke the 4-minute mark within a year of Bannister. This is wrong; see the comments.] What does this mean for us? I don’t know about you, but for me, a 4-minute mile is probably not in the cards. (5 minutes? Maybe one day.) That’s not the point. The point is this: It took a sense of extreme certainty for Roger Bannister to do what was considered un-doable. He alone was able to create that certainty in himself without seeing any proof that it could be done. But once he crashed through that barrier, the rest of the world saw that it was possible, and the previous record that had stood for nine years was broken routinely. New Agers call it the Law of Attraction, scientists call it the RAS I love this story. I don’t know how much of it is true; I sense that some of the details have become overblown in an effort to dramatize. Either way, it doesn’t matter. I’ve witnessed firsthand what a little certainty can do. When you become certain of something, when every part of your makeup believes it because you focus on it every single day, something “magical” happens. Not New Age magical, but science magical. We have a system in our bodies called the reticular activating system (RAS) that helps our brains decide what information to focus on and what to delete. When you have a clearly-defined purpose, a mission, and when you live every moment in a state of certainty that you’ll achieve it, you influence what your RAS filters out and what lights it up. As a result, you pay special attention things that help you achieve what you’re after, things you otherwise would have never noticed. When I was trying to qualify for Boston , I wrote a post about how certain I had been that I’d do it, as documented by a grad-school application letter I wrote. There was no reason for this certainty. But I found it somewhere in myself, and it’s for that reason alone that I eventually did qualify last year. (You’ve seen the new page about all my best BQ posts , right?) And now, it’s that way with ultramarathons. Before I knew that people even ran 100-milers, someone told me that a friend of mine was running them. I didn’t believe it; I thought something had gotten garbled in the chain of communication. But I found an ultra group and started training with them, guys and girls who do 50’s and 100’s all the time. They’re not superhuman; they’re runners like me. Some faster, some slower. But now I’m certain. Later this year I’ll run a 50-miler (the JFK 50-miler is a likely candidate), and I’ll run a 100 after that. Of this I’m certain. Where could you use a little certainty? What would it take, short of proof, to make you believe? This post is part of a series on motivation for running . Check out the rest! |
Tennis star Steffi Graf was born in which country? | Steffi Graf - Biography - IMDb Steffi Graf Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (1) | Trivia (31) | Personal Quotes (1) Overview (4) 5' 9¼" (1.76 m) Mini Bio (1) Steffi Graf started playing tennis at age 3, coached by her father. Under the local tennis program, as the best girl player, she was matched up against the worst boy player -- who was usually Boris Becker . After winning the German Juniors and the European Juniors, she turned pro on October 18, 1982. The next day, she lost to Tracy Austin , who was less-than impressed with the 13 year old, telling reporters there were "hundreds of girls" like Graf back in the States. Peter kept a tight rein on Steffi's schedule to ensure that she wouldn't "burn out" as she climbed up the rankings. She finally won her first title on April 13, 1986, defeating Chris Evert at the Family Circle Cup. In total, Graf won 107 singles titles (third all-time behind Martina Navratilova and Evert), including 22 majors (second all-time). She found herself at the center of a near-tragedy on April 30, 1993. As arch rival Monica Seles was resting during a changeover at the Hamburg Open, a man made his way through the stands, and plunged a knife into her back. At first, it was thought the attack was prompted by the conflict in Seles's native Yugoslavia. But it turned out Guenter Parche was a Graf fan, and reasoned that if he took Seles out, Graf would regain the #1 ranking. The attack reverberated across sports. It also changed the course of tennis history. Seles was off the court for 27 months. Although she won the 1996 Australian Open and was a finalist at the 1996 US Open and the 1998 French Open, Seles never regained her dominating form. Graf visited Seles in the hospital, but didn't comment publicly about the incident until 2004. Graf retired on August 13, 1999 after beating Martina Hingis in the French Open, then losing to Lindsay Davenport at Wimbledon. By this time, she was dating Andre Agassi , whom also won the French Open, but was a finalist at Wimbledon that year. With only their mothers as witnesses, they were married on October 22, 2001 at his Las Vegas home four days before the birth of their son, Jaden. Daughter Jaz was born on October 3, 2003. Famous for her killer instinct and business-like approach, at times she displayed a sense of humor. During a tight 1995 Wimbledon match against Kimiko Date , she was serving when a man yelled out "Steffi!" Everyone, including Steffi, laughed. Composing herself, she readied to serve when the man shouted "Steffi! Will you marry me?" The fans burst into peals of laughter, and play was delayed for a couple of minutes. Steffi readied to serve, tossed the ball, caught it, turned, and yelled to the man "How much money do you have?" Graf lost the set, but won the match to face (and defeat) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario for the title. - IMDb Mini Biography By: ldavis-2 Spouse (1) ( 22 October 2001 - present) (2 children) Trivia (31) First tennis player to win a calendar-year Grand Slam and an Olympic gold medal (1988). Posed for the 1997 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue in an effort to "feminize" her image. Only player to win all four majors singles twice in two different decades. Only player to win all four majors singles at least four times. Only player to win all four majors on four different surfaces (carpet, clay, grass, hard court). First player to beat the top three seeds in a major. Was the #1 singles player for 186 straight weeks, broken by Roger Federer in August 2007. Her stay at #1 for a record 377 weeks total still stands. At the age 13, became the second-youngest player ever to earn an international ranking. German Sportswoman of the Year for four consecutive times from 1986 to 1989 and in 1999. Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year 1989 Heads the non-profit foundation Children for Tomorrow, supporting and initiating projects that provide assistance to children and families who have become the victims of war, persecution and violence. Born at 4:40 AM CET (Central Europe Time) Career Prize Money: $20,130,835. |
What number is the yellow ball in a numbered set of pool balls? | Why are pool balls red and yellow? | Notes and Queries | guardian.co.uk Why are pool balls red and yellow? Julia Smith, Ipswich Suffolk Because if they were green you would keep losing them. Phil Cohen, Sydney Australia ... but I have a feeling pool tables use blue, not green??? Scottie, Sheffield UK The styles of pool played in the UK are derived from American 8 Ball and also called 8 ball or "Blackball" to distinguish it from other versions of pocket billiards. Since the nomination of a particular ball is not necessary for a legitimate pot the individual colours and numbers were dispensed with in favour of distinct colours. Red's wavelength makes it very visible and for greatest contrast among the common six primary and secondary pigment colours, yellow contrasts most with it (imagine blue and green together in poor light or the use of red and green when the most common condition of colour blindness merges these two colours). Interestingly, the Word Pool-Billiard Federation illustrates the alternative colour schemes of blue and yellow balls in its official rules. As for the colour of the cloth, green is more common on this type of table (blue being more common on American tables) David Cockling, Newport, Isle of Wight, UK I am reminded of a "blonde" story I heard decades ago. Now that such things are in their "post-ironic" period, it can be told without fear. A blonde typist delivering some work to the CEO's office spotted a cue-ball and an eight-ball on his desk. She asked what they were, and he said: "Pool balls. I shoot pool in my spare time." The next week the typist happened to be delivering another draft to the CEO, and noticed that there were now a red ball and a yellow ball on his desk. "Why, Mr Smith!" she exclaimed. "You've shot another pool!" Paul Thompson, Perth, Scotland If David Cockling cares to look up 'Pocket Billiards' in Urban Dictionary via Google he learn that the colour of the balls is irrelevant as they would be hidden from vulgar gaze. One hopes. Pete Wigens, Stroud, Glos UK Imagine the unseemly squabbles that would break out were the balls to be all of the same colour. Pete Wigens, Stroud, Glos, UK Funny. Mine go blue or a deep rose pink, depending on how cold the water is. Steven Beercock, Enna Italy Where I come from pool balls are numbered. The high numbers have stripes and the low numbers do not John Ellen, Rupanyup Australia I'm now retired from the Amusement Trade... One reason the pool balls were changed to two colours was that it was easy to replace Red or Yellow balls if one went missing. Rather than break a set up just for one numbered ball. Ron Martin , Worthing England My late father Malc Ferris introduced red and yellow balls to the UK pool scene back in 1980, whilst working for Javelin Pool. He brought them over from Belgium where they were originally produced. Lee Ferris, Manchester UK |
By what name was the heavyweight fighter, Cassius Clay, better known? | Muhammad Ali - Muhammad Ali - "The Greatest" - A life in pictures - Pictures - CBS News Next Muhammad Ali U.S. boxer and Olympic gold medalist Cassius Clay, who changed his name to Muhammad Ali and became a world-renowned cultural icon as a three-time heavyweight champion, died June 3, 2016, at the age of 74. The man known as "The Greatest" was a mesmerizing athlete who promoted his own ability to "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee," was considered the greatest heavyweight fighter in history. Credit: Getty Images Muhammad Ali Boxer Cassius Clay is shown in 1954. Long before his dazzling footwork and punching prowess made him a three-time world heavyweight boxing champion known as Muhammad Ali, a young Clay honed his skills by sparring with neighborhood friends and running alongside the bus on the way to school. Credit: AP Photo Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay, right, 18-year-old from Louisville, Ky., throws a right at Tony Madigan of Australia, during the light heavyweight boxing semifinals at the Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Italy, Sept. 3, 1960. Credit: AP Photo Muhammad Ali A trio of U.S. boxers wear gold medals at the Olympic village in Rome, Sept. 6, 1960. Shown from left are Wilbert McClure of Toledo, Ohio, light middleweight; Cassius Clay of Louisville, Ky., light heavyweight; and Edward Crook of Fort Campbell, Ky., middleweight. Credit: AP Photo Muhammad Ali Cheering students of Central High School surround Olympic boxing champion Cassius Clay, raising hand in center, and wearing his Olympic medal, Sept. 10, 1960, in Louisville, Ky. Credit: AP Photo Muhammad Ali A young Cassius Clay is seen with his trainer Angelo Dundee at City Parks Gym in New York, Feb. 8, 1962. Credit: AP Photo/Dan Grossi Muhammad Ali Young heavyweight fighter Cassius Clay is seen with his trainer Angelo Dundee at City Parks Gym in New York, Feb. 8, 1962. Credit: AP Photo/Dan Grossi Muhammad Ali Young heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay, who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali, points to a sign he wrote on a chalk board in his dressing room before his fight against Archie Moore in Los Angeles, Nov. 15, 1962, predicting he'd knock Moore out in the fourth round, which he went on to do. The sign also predicts Clay will be the next champ via a knockout over Sonny Liston in eight rounds. (He did it in seven.) Credit: AP Photo/Harold P. Matosian Muhammad Ali The Beatles (from left, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison) take a fake blow from Cassius Clay while visiting the heavyweight contender at his training camp in Miami Beach, Fla., Feb. 18, 1964. Credit: AP Photo Muhammad Ali Sonny Liston, right, lowers his head and works in close during the sixth round of heavyweight championship fight against Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay) in Miami Beach, Fla., Feb. 25, 1964. Credit: AP Photo Muhammad Ali Heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, right, is shown with black Muslim leader Malcolm X outside the Trans-Lux Newsreel Theater in New York, March 1, 1964 after viewing a film about Ali's title fight with Sonny Liston. Credit: AP Photo Muhammad Ali World heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, wearing the Nigerian brown-and-white-striped Agbada costume, shouts to the crowd of youngsters who met him on his arrival in Lagos, Nigeria, June 1, 1964. Credit: AP Photo Muhammad Ali Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, stands over challenger Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston with a short hard right to the jaw, May 25, 1965 in Lewiston, Maine. Ali was declared the winner. The bout lasted only one minute into the first round. Credit: AP Photo Muhammad Ali Heavyweight boxing champ Cassius Clay paused on the step and greeted a friend March 17, 1966, as he arrived at the Veterans building to appeal his 1A draft classification. Behind him in a dark coat and hat is his attorney, Edward Jocko of New York. Credit: AP Photo Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali blows out the candles on a cake baked for his 25th birthday, in Houston. Ali's wife says the boxing great is still a "big kid" who enjoys his |
In 1950 who made the allegation that 205 State Department officials were 'card carrying communists'? | McCarthy says communists are in State Department - Feb 09, 1950 - HISTORY.com McCarthy says communists are in State Department Share this: McCarthy says communists are in State Department Author McCarthy says communists are in State Department URL Publisher A+E Networks During a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican-Wisconsin) claims that he has a list with the names of over 200 members of the Department of State that are “known communists.” The speech vaulted McCarthy to national prominence and sparked a nationwide hysteria about subversives in the American government. Speaking before the Ohio County Women’s Republican Club in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator McCarthy waved before his audience a piece of paper. According to the only published newspaper account of the speech, McCarthy said that, “I have here in my hand a list of 205 [State Department employees] that were known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping the policy of the State Department.” In the next few weeks, the number fluctuated wildly, with McCarthy stating at various times that there were 57, or 81, or 10 communists in the Department of State. In fact, McCarthy never produced any solid evidence that there was even one communist in the State Department. Despite McCarthy’s inconsistency, his refusal to provide any of the names of the “known communists,” and his inability to produce any coherent or reasonable evidence, his charges struck a chord with the American people. The months leading up to his February speech had been trying ones for America’s Cold War policies. China had fallen to a communist revolution. The Soviets had detonated an atomic device. McCarthy’s wild charges provided a ready explanation for these foreign policy disasters: communist subversives were working within the very bowels of the American government. To be sure, McCarthy was not the first to incite anxiety about subversive communists. Congress had already investigated Hollywood for its supposed communist influences, and former State Department employee Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury in January 1950 for testimony dealing with accusations that he spied for the Soviet Union during the 1930s. But McCarthy went a step further, claiming that the U.S. government, and the Department of State in particular, knew that communists were working in their midst. “McCarthyism,” as the hunt for communists in the United States came to be known during the 1950s, did untold damage to many people’s lives and careers, had a muzzling effect on domestic debate on Cold War issues, and managed to scare millions of Americans. McCarthy, however, located no communists and his personal power collapsed in 1954 when he accused the Army of coddling known communists. Televised hearings of his investigation into the U.S. Army let the American people see his bullying tactics and lack of credibility in full view for the first time, and he quickly lost support. The U.S. Senate censured him shortly thereafter and he died in 1957. Related Videos |
Which US pop artist created ?100 Campbells Soup Cans?? | warhol: Campbell' s Soup: Ode to Food Students will articulate and illustrate food preferences Students will compare and contrast student work Students will assess the effects of repetition in daily life (art, music, food) Andy Warhol, Crushed Campbell’s Soup Can (Beef Noodle), 1962, ©AWF About the Art: Warhol's Campbell's Soup Can paintings are key works of the 1960s Pop Art movement, a time when many artists made work derived from popular culture. Warhol's soup cans raise the simply popular or everyday to the status of art. Campbell's and its red and white label date from the late nineteenth century, and became more and more familiar in the twentieth, particularly with the increase in mass production and advertising after World War II. Warhol himself said, "Pop art is about liking things," and claimed that he ate Campbell's soup every day for 20 years. For him, it was the quintessential American product: he marveled that the soup always tasted the same, like Coca-Cola, whether consumed by prince or pauper. Andy Warhol, Big Torn Campbell’s Soup Can (Pepper Pot), 1962, ©AWF Andy Warhol Quote: “I used to drink it [Campbell’s Soup]. I used to have the same lunch every day, for twenty years, I guess, the same thing over and over again.” Andy Warhol Points of View: The Campbell's Soup Can series makes me laugh. In this particular piece I want to know whom the brat was that ripped the label. The simplicity of Warhol's work frustrates me. The Campbell's Soup Can painting conjures up the same emotions as a paper clip or a post-it note: "Why didn't I think of that?" Lifting a soup can up to the level of art doesn't put Warhol in league with Raphael, but it does show some Thomas Edison-style ingenuity. The Campbell's series confirms that if Warhol had but one virtue it was awareness. We are all bombarded by popular culture and Warhol was able to recognize that overwhelming influence. He took a soup can, an image recognized by all, and elevated it to the level of art. I'd call him the All-American artist because he made his medium accessible to people of every class and race. The bright color and provocatively bland subject of the Campbell’s series make room for disagreement among the College educated as much as high school dropouts. Tom Laskow, CAPA High School student, Youth Label Project, Youth Invasion, The Andy Warhol Museum, 2004. Soup as the humble meal celebrated by Daumier; soup as the melting pot in an increasingly homogenized America; soup as transition from homemade to pre-prepared item; soup as "good" or "bad" taste, both on the tongue, and as advertising design. Peeling back the label to reveal a generic shape of the machine age generates food for thought: who tracked its route down the assembly line? Who are the tastemakers who determined the flavors of its contents, defining good and bad in terms of sales potential? What were the mechanisms involved in its delivery? Why would Warhol claim that he ate it every day? Pamela Allara, professor of art, Brandeis University, Massachusetts, quote from Point of View Label Project, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, 1999. I've always found it tremendous fun to strip the label off a can - an act of violent, seductive denuding. Deprived of its paper vestment, a can is anonymous, cold, and eternal as a Greek temple's column. The lacerations in the label are like St. Sebastian's wounds - sadomasochistically homoerotic. The unpeeling paper also resembles a spool of 16mm film, the strip of curvy celluloid loosening from its reel. Wayne Koestenbaum, poet and critic, quote from Point of View Label Project, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, 1999. 1994 Installation of Soup Can paintings in the Pop Gallery, The Andy Warhol Museum, ©AWF Discussion Questions: What would you love to eat every day for 20 years? What would be torture for you to eat every day? Does repetition affect your taste for something? Explain you answer. When an artist repeats an image over and over again, what effect does it have on the viewer? Why do you think Andy Warhol made so many Campbell’s S |
In 1961 which famous dancer sought political asylum in Paris? | Dance in the 20th Century – Wish Upon a Ballet Consultations Dance in the 20th Century In the 20th century we see many new happenings in the ballet world. Europe and Russia were advancing even more. Meanwhile ballet was coming to America. Mikhail Fokine a graduate of the Imperial School in Russia pushed for even more expression from the dancers is his ballets around the turn of the century. He was able to realize his beliefs when he first started choreographing for the Ballet Russes. The Ballet Russes opened in Paris in 1909 under the direction of Sergei Diaghilev. They were a huge success especially because ballet had declined over the years in France. The Ballet Russes were also responsible for moving ballet into modern times. Their ballets were dramatic and exotic. Fokine created the famous ballets, Firebird (1910) and Petrushka (1911) for the Ballet Russes. Some of the famous dancers in the Ballet Russes were Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Enrico Cecchetti and George Balanchine. Nijinsky would later become the choreographer for the Ballet Russes and Cecchetti would later become famous for his method, the Cecchetti Method that is used today. The Ballet Russes existed until 1929 at the time of Diaghilev’s death. The dancers then scattered to other ballet companies around the world. George Balanchine is often credited as the man who brought ballet to America. He was convinced by a man named Lincoln Kirstein to come to America from Europe when the Ballet Russes had ended after Diaghilev’s death. Balanchine agreed and together they formed the School of American Ballet in New York City in 1934. Its aim was to preserve the classical dance. Balachine would later run the New York City Ballet which began in 1948. The American Ballet Theater also began in 1940. In the 60s and 70s Russian men were coming back into focus in ballet. Two famous Russian male dancers that are credited in bringing men back into the spotlight are Rudlof Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov. Rudolf Nureyev defected from Russia in 1961 while on tour in Paris. He then partnered with Margot Fonteyn. He worked with many European and American companies until his death in 1993. Mikhail Baryshnikov also sought political asylum in 1974 while he was on tour in Canada. He then became the principal dancer for the America Ballet Theater. He later became their artistic director in 1980. Baryshnikov was known for his excellence in technique. There are so many other influential dancers and choreographers during this time. There was Jerome Robbins who choreographed for the New York City Ballet and added his jazz flavor to many of his works. Agnes de Mille’s choreography was fresh and her works have also become American classics. Other choreographers that should received mention are; Paul Taylor, Merce Cunningham, Alvin Ailey, Twyla Tharp. There are now many other American ballet companies that began in the 20th century. Some of them include, the San Francisco ballet, the Houston Ballet, and the Joffrey Ballet. The purpose of most ballet companies today is to create new works by new choreographers as well as preserving the works already in existence. Because of these people mentioned as well as many others, ballet in America today is as influential as Russia and England. Sign Up to Receive Free Tips From Wish Upon a Ballet! |
Whose controversial radio broadcast of H. G. Wells The War of The Worlds (1938) caused widespread panic in the US? | Welles scares nation - Oct 30, 1938 - HISTORY.com Welles scares nation Publisher A+E Networks Orson Welles causes a nationwide panic with his broadcast of “War of the Worlds”—a realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth. Orson Welles was only 23 years old when his Mercury Theater company decided to update H.G. Wells’ 19th-century science fiction novel War of the Worlds for national radio. Despite his age, Welles had been in radio for several years, most notably as the voice of “The Shadow” in the hit mystery program of the same name. “War of the Worlds” was not planned as a radio hoax, and Welles had little idea of the havoc it would cause. The show began on Sunday, October 30, at 8 p.m. A voice announced: “The Columbia Broadcasting System and its affiliated stations present Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater on the air in ‘War of the Worlds’ by H.G. Wells.” Sunday evening in 1938 was prime-time in the golden age of radio, and millions of Americans had their radios turned on. But most of these Americans were listening to ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his dummy “Charlie McCarthy” on NBC and only turned to CBS at 8:12 p.m. after the comedy sketch ended and a little-known singer went on. By then, the story of the Martian invasion was well underway. Welles introduced his radio play with a spoken introduction, followed by an announcer reading a weather report. Then, seemingly abandoning the storyline, the announcer took listeners to “the Meridian Room in the Hotel Park Plaza in downtown New York, where you will be entertained by the music of Ramon Raquello and his orchestra.” Putrid dance music played for some time, and then the scare began. An announcer broke in to report that “Professor Farrell of the Mount Jenning Observatory” had detected explosions on the planet Mars. Then the dance music came back on, followed by another interruption in which listeners were informed that a large meteor had crashed into a farmer’s field in Grovers Mills, New Jersey. Soon, an announcer was at the crash site describing a Martian emerging from a large metallic cylinder. “Good heavens,” he declared, “something’s wriggling out of the shadow like a gray snake. Now here’s another and another one and another one. They look like tentacles to me … I can see the thing’s body now. It’s large, large as a bear. It glistens like wet leather. But that face, it… it … ladies and gentlemen, it’s indescribable. I can hardly force myself to keep looking at it, it’s so awful. The eyes are black and gleam like a serpent. The mouth is kind of V-shaped with saliva dripping from its rimless lips that seem to quiver and pulsate.” The Martians mounted walking war machines and fired “heat-ray” weapons at the puny humans gathered around the crash site. They annihilated a force of 7,000 National Guardsman, and after being attacked by artillery and bombers the Martians released a poisonous gas into the air. Soon “Martian cylinders” landed in Chicago and St. Louis. The radio play was extremely realistic, with Welles employing sophisticated sound effects and his actors doing an excellent job portraying terrified announcers and other characters. An announcer reported that widespread panic had broken out in the vicinity of the landing sites, with thousands desperately trying to flee. In fact, that was not far from the truth. Perhaps as many as a million radio listeners believed that a real Martian invasion was underway. Panic broke out across the country. In New Jersey, terrified civilians jammed highways seeking to escape the alien marauders. People begged police for gas masks to save them from the toxic gas and asked electric companies to turn off the power so that the Martians wouldn’t see their lights. One woman ran into an Indianapolis church where evening services were being held and yelled, “New York has been destroyed! It’s the end of the world! Go home and prepare to die!” When news of the real-life panic leaked into the CBS studio, Welles went on the air as himself to remind listeners that it was just fiction. There were rumors that the show |
For what crime was Al Capone finally convicted? | Capone goes to prison - Oct 17, 1931 - HISTORY.com Capone goes to prison Publisher A+E Networks On this day in 1931, gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion and fined $80,000, signaling the downfall of one of the most notorious criminals of the 1920s and 1930s. Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1899 to Italian immigrants. He was expelled from school at 14, joined a gang and earned his nickname “Scarface” after being sliced across the cheek during a fight. By 1920, Capone had moved to Chicago, where he was soon helping to run crime boss Johnny Torrio’s illegal enterprises, which included alcohol-smuggling, gambling and prostitution. Torrio retired in 1925 after an attempt on his life and Capone, known for his cunning and brutality, was put in charge of the organization. Prohibition, which outlawed the brewing and distribution of alcohol and lasted from 1920 to 1933, proved extremely lucrative for bootleggers and gangsters like Capone, who raked in millions from his underworld activities. Capone was at the top of the F.B.I.’s “Most Wanted” list by 1930, but he avoided long stints in jail until 1931 by bribing city officials, intimidating witnesses and maintaining various hideouts. He became Chicago’s crime kingpin by wiping out his competitors through a series of gangland battles and slayings, including the infamous St. Valentine’s Day Massacre in 1929, when Capone’s men gunned down seven rivals. This event helped raise Capone’s notoriety to a national level. Among Capone’s enemies was federal agent Elliot Ness, who led a team of officers known as “The Untouchables” because they couldn’t be corrupted. Ness and his men routinely broke up Capone’s bootlegging businesses, but it was tax-evasion charges that finally stuck and landed Capone in prison in 1931. Capone began serving his time at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, but amid accusations that he was manipulating the system and receiving cushy treatment, he was transferred to the maximum-security lockup at Alcatraz Island, in California’s San Francisco Bay. He got out early in 1939 for good behavior, after spending his final year in prison in a hospital, suffering from syphilis. Plagued by health problems for the rest of his life, Capone died in 1947 at age 48 at his home in Palm Island, Florida. Related Videos |
Who was known as the 'Sultan of Swat'? | Babe-Ruth.com - The Sultan Of Swat Babe-Ruth.com The Sultan Of Swat Babe Ruth Baseball player. Born George Herman Ruth, Jr., on February 6, 1895, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the first of eight children born to Kate and George Herman Ruth, Sr. Most of the Ruth children died in infancy and only George Jr. and his sister Mamie survived to maturity. Little George, as he was called, grew up in a poor waterfront neighborhood in Baltimore, where he lived above the family saloon. In 1902, the Ruths sent their son away to St. Marys Industrial School for Boys, which was both a reformatory and an orphanage. Ruth developed a love for sports, particularly baseball, which served as his escape from the strict environment at St Marys. From an early age he showed potential as an athlete, and in his late teens he had developed into a professional candidate. His tough southpaw pitching attracted Jack Dunn, manager of the minor league Baltimore Orioles. In 1914, the Orioles signed Ruth to his first professional baseball contract. He became the teams youngest member, and was befittingly nicknamed Babe. Within five months, 19-year-old Ruth graduated to the major leagues, and signed with the Boston Red Sox. He remained with the team for six seasons, alternating positions as pitcher and outfielder. With his great pitching, powerful bat, and winning personality, he was quickly on his way to greatness, overshadowing players like Ty Cobb and Honus Wagner. After a controversy revealed that the Chicago White Sox conspired to throw the 1919 World Series, the sport of baseball was in need of a hero. The scandal had shaken the publics faith in the game. However, in 1919, while still a part-time pitcher for the Red Sox, Ruth made his home-run assault on the record books. His 25th home run that year shattered the modern major league record held by the now forgotten Gabby Kraveth. By the end of the year, Ruths record was an unprecedented 29 home runs, and he was credited with reviving faith in the game. In December of 1919, the Boston Red Sox sold the invaluable player to New York Yankee owner Colonel Jacob Ruppert. Ruppert bought Ruths contract for over $100,000, which was a staggering price at the time. In 1920, Ruth joined the Yankees, who as yet had never won a pennant. For years they played in the shadow of the New York Giants. Without a baseball park to call their own, the Yankees were forced to hold their games at the Giants Polo Grounds. Ruth started as a full-time outfielder, hitting 54 home runs his first year with the Yankees. Shortly after, he became baseballs preeminent player, and such a drawing card that New York built a new stadium for the crowds he was attracting. Yankee Stadium had its opening day on April 4, 1923, with a total attendance of 74,000. The stadium became known as The House That Ruth Built, and the period became known as the Golden Age of Baseball. On openin |
Which Russian revolutionary died of head wounds on 21 August 1940? | Trotsky assassinated in Mexico - Aug 20, 1940 - HISTORY.com Trotsky assassinated in Mexico Publisher A+E Networks Exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded by an ice-ax-wielding assassin at his compound outside Mexico City. The killer–Ramón Mercader–was a Spanish communist and probable agent of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Trotsky died from his wounds the next day. Born in the Ukraine of Russian-Jewish parents in 1879, Trotsky embraced Marxism as a teenager and later dropped out of the University of Odessa to help organize the underground South Russian Workers’ Union. In 1898, he was arrested for his revolutionary activities and sent to prison. In 1900, he was exiled to Siberia. In 1902, he escaped to England using a forged passport under the name of Leon Trotsky (his original name was Lev Davidovich Bronshtein). In London, he collaborated with Bolshevik revolutionary Vladimir Ilyich Lenin but later sided with the Menshevik factions that advocated a democratic approach to socialism. With the outbreak of the Russian Revolution of 1905, Trotsky returned to Russia and was again exiled to Siberia when the revolution collapsed. In 1907, he again escaped. During the next decade, he was expelled from a series of countries because of his radicalism, living in Switzerland, Paris, Spain, and New York City before returning to Russia at the outbreak of the revolution in 1917. Trotsky played a leading role in the Bolsheviks’ seizure of power, conquering most of Petrograd before Lenin’s triumphant return in November. Appointed Lenin’s secretary of foreign affairs, he negotiated with the Germans for an end to Russian involvement in World War I. In 1918, he became war commissioner and set about building up the Red Army, which succeeded in defeating anti-communist opposition in the Russian Civil War. In the early 1920s, Trotsky seemed the heir apparent of Lenin, but he lost out in the struggle of succession after Lenin fell ill in 1922. In 1924, Lenin died, and Joseph Stalin emerged as leader of the USSR. Against Stalin’s stated policies, Trotsky called for a continuing world revolution that would inevitably result in the dismantling of the increasingly bureaucratic Soviet state. He also criticized the new regime for suppressing democracy in the Communist Party and for failing to develop adequate economic planning. In response, Stalin and his supporters launched a propaganda counterattack against Trotsky. In 1925, he was removed from his post in the war commissariat. One year later, he was expelled from the Politburo and in 1927 from the Communist Party. In January 1928, Trotsky was deported by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to Alma-Ata in remote Soviet Central Asia. He lived there in internal exile for a year before being banished from the USSR forever by Stalin. He was received by the government of Turkey and settled on the island of Prinkipo, where he worked on finishing his autobiography and history of the Russian Revolution. After four years in Turkey, Trotsky lived in France and then Norway and in 1936 was granted asylum in Mexico. Settling with his family in a suburb of Mexico City, he was found guilty of treason in absentia during Stalin’s purges of his political foes. He survived a machine gun attack carried out by Stalinist agents, but on August 20, 1940, fell prey to Ramón Mercader, a Spanish communist who had won the confidence of the Trotsky household. The Soviet government denied responsibility, and Mercader was sentenced to 20 years in prison by Mexican authorities. Related Videos |
Whose plays include Uncle Vanya and The Three Sisters? | SparkNotes: Uncle Vanya: Context Uncle Vanya Table of Contents Plot Overview A founder of both the modern short story and modern prose drama, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, was born in the sea town of Taganrog, Ukraine in 1860. His father was a religiously fanatical grocer whose own father had bought his family out of serfdom only one generation earlier. As a result, Chekhov was intimately acquainted with nineteenth-century Russian provincial life, a household not unlike those in family history his own serving as setting for Uncle Vanya. When Chekhov was 15, his father went bankrupt, forcing part of the family to move to Moscow. Chekhov became financially independent at this time, supporting himself through tutoring jobs, and ultimately began medical studies at Moscow University in 1879. During this time, he also began to write to help support his family, freelancing for newspapers and magazines and gaining avid acclaim as a comic short story writer. Chekhov was devoted to his two professions throughout his life, famously quipping that medicine was his lawful wife, while literature was his mistress. Chekhov began writing in earnest upon graduating from medical school in 1884. During the late 1880s, Chekhov published both hundreds of short stories, won the Pushkin Prize (1888), and produced a number of failed plays, such as Ivanov (1887) and The Wood Demon (1889). Chekhov would return to the later in 1895, rewriting it as Uncle Vanya. After pause in the early 1890s, during which Chekhov undertook a famous research tour of Siberia, traveled in Singapore, India, Ceylon, and the Suez Canal region, and nursed his weak health, he entered the period for which he is best known, that of his four most celebrated dramatic works: The Sea Gull (1896), Uncle Vanya (1897), The Three Sisters (1901), and The Cherry Orchard (1904). Chekhov died of tuberculosis in Germany in 1904. Though he would not live to see it, Chekhov would, with these late plays in particular, ultimately transform the modern theater. In the history of drama, these emotionally-charged works helped found what Russian critics have termed the theater of nastroenie--concept for which "mood" and "atmosphere" are the closest English equivalents. Along with Ibsen and Strindberg, Checkhov also pioneered what David Magarshack calls the "indirect action" play. Eschewing direct and continuous narrative action, this play uses understatement, broken conversation, off-stage events, and absent characters as catalysts of tension all the while remaining within a realistic frame. As one might imagine, the use of such indirect action often implies a rejection of the classical Aristotelian plot line, in which rising and falling action frame an immediately recognizable climax and give way to a denouement. As Andreas Teuber notes, plays such as Uncle Vanya and the contemporaneously written The Seagull furthermore reveal Chekhov as a great dialogist. Each play features the orchestration a number of modes of speech--brooding oratory, pauses, digressions, breakdowns, and everyday conversation--in ways unmatched on the contemporary stage. Finally, Chekhov also remains remembered for his ability to combine the comic and tragic genres. Indeed, he was often disappointed that his plays were performed as tragedies, believing that their gloomier aspects should have never undercut their humorous ones. Although Chekhov's early plays do not number among his great works, they nevertheless afford--as the rewriting of the The Wood Demon into Uncle Vanya illustrates--a precious opportunity to chart his development and consider some of the stylistic shifts particularly at stake in Chekhovian drama. A rather conventional melodrama, The Wood Demon tells the store of three erotically entangled couples, following a predictable trajectory through their crisscrossing love affairs. The plot peaks in a climatic suicide (Vanya's) and ends happily with the pairing off of the surviving characters. Uncle Vanya, Chekhov's masterpiece on lost time, wasted lives, and impossible loves, revises the play altogether. Gone is conve |
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